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Coxiella burnetii in central Italy: novel genotypes are circulating in cattle and goats.


ABSTRACT: Genotyping of bacteria is critical for diagnosis, treatment, and epidemiological surveillance. Coxiella burnetii, the etiological agent of Q fever, has been recognized to have a potential for bioterrorism purposes. Because few serosurveys have been conducted in Italy, there is still limited information about the distribution of this pathogen in natural conditions. In this paper, we describe the genotyping of C. burnetii strains by multispacer sequence typing (MST) detected in cattle and goat farms in the Abruzzi region of Italy. Biological samples (milk, aborted fetus) positive for C. burnetii DNA were sequenced in the spacer regions and compared with those already publicly available ( http://ifr48.timone.univ-mrs.fr/MST_Coxiella/mst/group_detail ). The MST profile of C. burnetii detected in milk samples demonstrated the presence of a new allele, whereas the C. burnetii spacer sequences from fetus and milk goat samples displayed a new allelic combination. The results suggest the circulation of novel genotypes of C. burnetii in Italy.

SUBMITTER: Di Domenico M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4208599 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Coxiella burnetii in central Italy: novel genotypes are circulating in cattle and goats.

Di Domenico Marco M   Curini Valentina V   De Massis Fabrizio F   Di Provvido Andrea A   Scacchia Massimo M   Cammà Cesare C  

Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) 20141001 10


Genotyping of bacteria is critical for diagnosis, treatment, and epidemiological surveillance. Coxiella burnetii, the etiological agent of Q fever, has been recognized to have a potential for bioterrorism purposes. Because few serosurveys have been conducted in Italy, there is still limited information about the distribution of this pathogen in natural conditions. In this paper, we describe the genotyping of C. burnetii strains by multispacer sequence typing (MST) detected in cattle and goat far  ...[more]

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