Serological prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in dairy goats and ewes diagnosed with adverse pregnancy outcomes in Greece

Introduction Coxiella burnetii is an obligatory intracellular bacterial pathogen causing the zoonotic disease Q fever. The most common reservoirs of C. burnetii  are wild mammals, birds and ticks. Pregnant domestic ruminants infected with this bacterium are also a major source of human infection....

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Main Authors: George Filioussis, Alexandros Theodoridis, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Athanasios I Gelasakis, Sotiria Vouraki, George Bramis, Georgios Arsenos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Rural Health 2017-12-01
Series:Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/aaem/The-serological-prevalence-of-Coxiella-burnetii-in-dairy-goats-and-ewes-diagnosed,80706,0,2.html