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Detection of Coxiella burnetii DNA in inhalable airborne dust samples from goat farms after mandatory culling

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00677-12
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Coxiella burnetii is thought to infect humans primarily via airborne transmission. However, air measurements of C. burnetii are sparse. We detected C. burnetii DNA in inhalable and PM10 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic size of 10 μmor less) dust samples collected at three affected goat farms, demonstrating that low levels of C. burnetii DNA are present in inhalable size fractions. © 2012, American Society for Microbiology.

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Hogerwerf, L., Borlée, F., Still, K., Heederik, D., van Rotterdam, B., de Bruin, A., … Wouters, I. M. (2012, August). Detection of Coxiella burnetii DNA in inhalable airborne dust samples from goat farms after mandatory culling. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00677-12

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