Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii DNA in vaginal and uterine samples from healthy cats of north-central Colorado

Posted on Fri 01 June 2007 in publication • Tagged with cats, research, zoonotic disease

Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. It is usually linked to livestock, but people have also been infected through contact with cats giving birth. In this study, Dr. Kelly Cairns and colleagues at Colorado State University tested vaginal and uterine samples from healthy client-owned …


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