Browsing by Subject "Coxiella burnetii"
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(2014-11-13)Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever in humans, is a Gram-negative intracellular bacterium. Although the organism was first isolated in the 1930s, little is known about the specific mechanisms underlying its ...
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(2009-05-15)Coxiella burnetii is an intracellular pathogen that can cause both acute and chronic disease (Q fever) in humans and infects many animals with varying clinical illness and persistence. A guinea pig aerosol-challenge model ...
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(2022-02-08)Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium, Coxiella burnetii. C. burnetii is highly infectious, transmitted via aerosols, is resistant to many disinfectants, and persists in the environment ...