Acta tropicaAnimalsCoxiella burnetiiBrazilMilkQ Fever
First detection of Coxiella burnetii subtype 61 in bulk tank milk from dairy farms in Brazil.
Thainá Valente Bertozzo, Suzane Manzini, Isabella Neves Aires, Amanda Bezerra Bertolini, Maria Izabel Merino de Medeiros, Virgínia Bodelão Richini Pereira, Diego Borin Nóbrega, Mateus de Souza Ribeiro Mioni, Lilian Gregory, Maria Angeles Ramo Gil, Antonio Carlos Paes, Simone Baldini Lucheis
Published: 202510.1016/j.actatropica.2025.107861
Abstract
Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii) is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes a cosmopolitan zoonosis called Q fever. C. burnetii infects a range of animals, but domestic ruminants (sheep, goats, and cattle) are the main reservoir for human infection. Cox…
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