Unique Clone of Coxiella burnetii Causing Severe Q Fever, French Guiana

Unique Clone of Coxiella burnetii Causing Severe Q Fever, French Guiana

Acute Q fever is an emergent and severe disease in French Guiana. We obtained 5 Coxiella burnetii isolates from samples of patients from Cayenne and found an epidemic clone circulating in Cayenne. This clone has caused pneumonia and endocarditis and seems to be more virulent than previously describe...

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Main Authors: Aba Mahamat, Sophie Edouard, Magalie Demar, Philippe Abboud, Jean-Yves Patrice, Bernard La Scola, Antoine Okandze, Félix Djossou, Didier Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Coxiella burnetii
bacteria
Q fever
genotyping
multispacer sequence typing
Cayenne
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/7/13-0044_article

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