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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Autores principales: Mahamat, Aba, Edouard, Sophie, Demar, Magalie, Abboud, Philippe, Patrice, Jean-Yves, La Scola, Bernard, Okandze, Antoine, Djossou, Félix, Raoult, Didier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23763958
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.130044

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23763958
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.130044

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