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Detection of Coxiella burnetii from Dust in a Barn Housing Dairy Cattle
Author(s) -
Yanase Tsuyoshi,
Muramatsu Yasukazu,
Inouye Iwao,
Okabayashi Tamaki,
Ueno Hiroshi,
Morita Chiharu
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb01969.x
Subject(s) - coxiella burnetii , barn , q fever , biology , veterinary medicine , dairy cattle , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , geography , archaeology
We attempted to detect Coxiella burnetii in dust samples collected from a barn housing dairy cattle by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. Ten dust samples (five from ventilation fans and five from crossbeams) were collected from two areas in a barn on a farm near Sapporo, Hokkaido. C. burnetii was detected in 5 of the 10 dust samples. It was believed that aerial contamination by C. burnetii occurred in the barn.