Q Fever Endocarditis and a New Genotype of Coxiella burnetii, Greece
Underdiagnosis of Coxiella burnetii infections in Greece is possible because of lack of awareness by physicians, and most suspected cases are in patients with no bovine contact. We found serologic evidence of C. burnetii infection throughout Greece and identified a new C. burnetii genotype in the ao...
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| author | Ioulia Karageorgou Nektarios Kogerakis Stavroula Labropoulou Sophia Hatzianastasiou Andreas Mentis George Stavridis Emmanouil Angelakis |
| author_facet | Ioulia Karageorgou Nektarios Kogerakis Stavroula Labropoulou Sophia Hatzianastasiou Andreas Mentis George Stavridis Emmanouil Angelakis |
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| description | Underdiagnosis of Coxiella burnetii infections in Greece is possible because of lack of awareness by physicians, and most suspected cases are in patients with no bovine contact. We found serologic evidence of C. burnetii infection throughout Greece and identified a new C. burnetii genotype in the aortic valve of a patient with Q fever endocarditis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-79f4a8f5ff04456589e09b0f60fa66992022-12-21T18:43:37ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592020-10-0126102527252910.3201/eid2610.191616Q Fever Endocarditis and a New Genotype of Coxiella burnetii, GreeceIoulia KarageorgouNektarios KogerakisStavroula LabropoulouSophia HatzianastasiouAndreas MentisGeorge StavridisEmmanouil AngelakisUnderdiagnosis of Coxiella burnetii infections in Greece is possible because of lack of awareness by physicians, and most suspected cases are in patients with no bovine contact. We found serologic evidence of C. burnetii infection throughout Greece and identified a new C. burnetii genotype in the aortic valve of a patient with Q fever endocarditis.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/19-1616_articleQ feverendocarditisacute Q fever endocarditisCoxiella burnetiibacteriagenotype |
| spellingShingle | Ioulia Karageorgou Nektarios Kogerakis Stavroula Labropoulou Sophia Hatzianastasiou Andreas Mentis George Stavridis Emmanouil Angelakis Q Fever Endocarditis and a New Genotype of Coxiella burnetii, Greece Emerging Infectious Diseases Q fever endocarditis acute Q fever endocarditis Coxiella burnetii bacteria genotype |
| title | Q Fever Endocarditis and a New Genotype of Coxiella burnetii, Greece |
| title_full | Q Fever Endocarditis and a New Genotype of Coxiella burnetii, Greece |
| title_fullStr | Q Fever Endocarditis and a New Genotype of Coxiella burnetii, Greece |
| title_full_unstemmed | Q Fever Endocarditis and a New Genotype of Coxiella burnetii, Greece |
| title_short | Q Fever Endocarditis and a New Genotype of Coxiella burnetii, Greece |
| title_sort | q fever endocarditis and a new genotype of coxiella burnetii greece |
| topic | Q fever endocarditis acute Q fever endocarditis Coxiella burnetii bacteria genotype |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/19-1616_article |
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