Molecular Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii from Ruminants in Q Fever Outbreak, the Netherlands

Roest, Hendrik I.J.; Ruuls, Robin C.; Tilburg, Jeroen J.H.C.; Nabuurs-Franssen, Marrigje H.; Klaassen, Corné H.W.; Vellema, Piet; van den Brom, René; Dercksen, Daan; Wouda, Willem; Spierenburg, Marcel A.H.; van der Spek, Arco N.; Buijs, Rob; de Boer, Albert G.; Willemsen, Peter Th.J.; van Zijderveld, Fred G.

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Molecular Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii from Ruminants in Q Fever Outbreak, the Netherlands

Published Date:

Apr 2011

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Emerg Infect Dis. 17(4):668-675.

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Roest, Hendrik I.J. ; Ruuls, Robin C. ; Tilburg, Jeroen J.H.C. ; Nabuurs-Franssen, Marrigje H. ; Klaassen, Corné H.W. ; ... More ▼

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Q fever is a zoonosis caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. One of the largest reported outbreaks of Q fever in humans occurred in the Netherlands starting in 2007; epidemiologic investigations identified small ruminants as the source. To determine the genetic background of C. burnetii in domestic ruminants responsible for the human Q fever outbreak, we genotyped 126 C. burnetii-positive samples from ruminants by using a 10-loci multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analyses panel and compared them with internationally known genotypes. One unique genotype predominated in dairy goat herds and 1 sheep herd in the human Q fever outbreak area in the south of the Netherlands. On the basis of 4 loci, this genotype is similar to a human genotype from the Netherlands. This finding strengthens the probability that this genotype of C. burnetii is responsible for the human Q fever epidemic in the Netherlands.

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