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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to evaluate by PCR analyses the presence of Coxiella burnetii infection in fetuses of water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in the Campania region (Southern Italy). Samples were collected only from aborted fetuses and C. burnetii presence was evaluated by one-tube nested PCR amplification of the IS111 repetitive element. Of the 164 fetuses examined 14 (17.5%) were positive after DNA amplification, showing that C. burnetii occurs in this population of water buffaloes. However, more extensive prevalence studies need to be carried out to define the role of buffaloes as reservoirs for this pathogen and also the role of C. burnetii as an abortive agent in this animal.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1532-2661
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
189-91
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of Coxiella burnetii in buffaloes aborted fetuses by IS111 DNA amplification: a preliminary report.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento Sanità Animale, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Via Salute, Portici, Na, Italy. annagiannina.perugini@cert.izsmportici.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't