- ►nih.gov M Maurin, D Raoult - Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol Q fever is a zoonosis with a worldwide distribution with the exception of New
Zealand. The disease is caused by Coxiella burnetii, a strictly intracellular,
gram-negative bacterium. Many species of mammals, birds, and ticks are ... Cited by 352 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►nih.gov PE Fournier, TJ Marrie, D Raoult - Journal of clinical microbiology, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol Query (Q) fever, due to Coxiella burnetii, is a ubiquitous zoonosis. It was
first described by Derrick (29) in 1935 in Queensland, Australia, during an
outbreak of a febrile illness among abattoir workers. Subsequently, Burnet ... Cited by 234 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
LA Sawyer, DB Fishbein, JE McDade - Reviews of infectious diseases, 1987 - jstor.org REVIEWS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES * VOL. 9, NO. 5 * SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER ... Leigh A.
Sawyer* Daniel B. Fishbein, and Joseph E. McDade ... From the Viral and
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WPG Turck, G Howitt, LA Turnberg, H Fox, M … - QJM, 1976 - Oxford Univ Press SUMMARY Sixteen cases of chronic Q fever are described. In eight there was a
history of exposure to infection from farms or farm products. All had valvular
heart disease, involving the mitral valve in nine and the aortic valve in ... Cited by 121 - Related articles - All 3 versions
MG Madariaga, K Rezai, GM Trenholme, RA … - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2003 - Elsevier Coxiella burnetii, which causes Q fever, is a highly infectious agent that is
widespread among livestock around the world. Although the culture process for
coxiella is laborious, large amounts of infectious material can be ... Cited by 64 - Related articles - All 12 versions
PT Harrington, JJ Gutiérrez, CH Ramírez- … - Reviews of Infectious Diseases, 1982 - jstor.org According to the literature on the subject, hepatic granulomas are present in
2.4%-10% of the liver tissue specimens examined in general hospitals. The
pathogenesis and pathological importance of these lesions remain unclear in ... Cited by 52 - Related articles - All 2 versions
P Levy, D Raoult, JJ Razongles - European Journal of Epidemiology, 1989 - Springer Study objective: To determine the incidence and the clinical significance of two
autoimmune markers in Q-fever (smooth muscle antibodies, cold agglutinins).
Design: Six index cases with auto-immune disorders. Assays of 104 sera from ... Cited by 52 - Related articles - All 3 versions
ME Ellis, CC Smith, MAJ MOFFAT - QJM, 1983 - Oxford Univ Press Page 1. Quarterly Journal ofMedicine, New Series Lit. No. 205, pp. 54-66, Winter
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D Valková, J Kazár - FEMS microbiology letters, 1995 - interscience.wiley.com AbstractGenetic studies of Coxiella burnetii strains suggested the possibility
of differentiating new isolates according to their plasmid DNA content.
Virulence and/or clinical manifestations ('chronic' and 'acute' Q fever) ... Cited by 36 - Related articles - All 4 versions
