Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Detection of Coxiella burnetii DNA in inhalable airborne dust samples from goat farms after mandatory culling.
- Journal:
- Applied and environmental microbiology
- Year:
- 2012
- Authors:
- Hogerwerf, Lenny et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Farm Animal Health · Netherlands
Abstract
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 μm or less) dust samples collected at three affected goat farms, demonstrating that low levels of C. burnetii DNA are present in inhalable size fractions.
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