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Emerg Infect Dis ; 17(4): 668-75, 2011 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21470457

RESUMO

Q fever is a zoonosis caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. One of the largest reported outbreaks of Q fever in humans occurred in the Netherlands starting in 2007; epidemiologic investigations identified small ruminants as the source. To determine the genetic background of C. burnetii in domestic ruminants responsible for the human Q fever outbreak, we genotyped 126 C. burnetii-positive samples from ruminants by using a 10-loci multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analyses panel and compared them with internationally known genotypes. One unique genotype predominated in dairy goat herds and 1 sheep herd in the human Q fever outbreak area in the south of the Netherlands. On the basis of 4 loci, this genotype is similar to a human genotype from the Netherlands. This finding strengthens the probability that this genotype of C. burnetii is responsible for the human Q fever epidemic in the Netherlands.


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Coxiella burnetii/fisiologia , Surtos de Doenças , Doenças das Cabras/epidemiologia , Epidemiologia Molecular , Febre Q/veterinária , Ruminantes/microbiologia , Doenças dos Ovinos/epidemiologia , Animais , Técnicas de Tipagem Bacteriana , Coxiella burnetii/genética , Genótipo , Cabras , Humanos , Tipagem de Sequências Multilocus , Países Baixos/epidemiologia , Filogenia , Febre Q/epidemiologia , Ovinos
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J Vet Diagn Invest ; 23(1): 108-11, 2011 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21217038

RESUMO

The bacterium Coxiella burnetii, which has a wide host range, causes Q fever. Infection with C. burnetii can cause abortions, stillbirth, and the delivery of weak offspring in ruminants. Coxiella burnetii infection is zoonotic, and in human beings it can cause chronic, potentially fatal disease. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is increasingly being used to detect the organism and to aid in diagnosis both in human and animal cases. Many different real-time PCR methods, which target different genes, have been described. To assess the comparability of the C. burnetii real-time PCR assays in use in different European laboratories, a panel of nucleic acid extracts was dispatched to 7 separate testing centers. The testing centers included laboratories from both human and animal health agencies. Each laboratory tested the samples using their in-house real-time PCR methods. The results of this comparison show that the most common target gene for real-time PCR assays is the IS1111 repeat element that is present in multiple copies in the C. burnetii genome. Many laboratories also use additional real-time PCR tests that target single-copy genes. The results of the current study demonstrate that the assays in use in the different laboratories are comparable, with general agreement of results for the panel of samples.


Assuntos
Coxiella burnetii/isolamento & purificação , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/veterinária , Febre Q/veterinária , Ruminantes/microbiologia , Zoonoses/microbiologia , Animais , Coxiella burnetii/genética , DNA Bacteriano/química , DNA Bacteriano/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/métodos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/normas , Febre Q/diagnóstico , Febre Q/microbiologia , Sequências Repetitivas de Ácido Nucleico/genética
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