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Short report: Throat swab samples for diagnosis of Q fever

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2014) 90(1) 147-148
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0490
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Abstract

Oropharyngeal swabs collected from patients with Q fever from France and from febrile patients from Senegal were tested by molecular assays for Coxiella burnetii. One positive result (0.08%) occurred for only one patient with acute Q fever. Throat swabs cannot replace blood serum samples as diagnostic tools for Q fever. Copyright © 2014 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

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Angelakis, E., Mediannikov, O., Stein, A., Bassene, H., Sokhna, C., & Raoult, D. (2014). Short report: Throat swab samples for diagnosis of Q fever. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 90(1), 147–148. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.13-0490

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