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Case Reports
. 2014 Feb;41(1):60-72.
doi: 10.1159/000357107. Epub 2013 Dec 23.

Coxiella burnetii - Pathogenic Agent of Q (Query) Fever

Lutz Gürtler  1 , Ursula Bauerfeind  1 , Johannes Blümel  1 , Reinhard Burger  1 , Christian Drosten  1 , Albrecht Gröner  1 , Margarethe Heiden  1 , Martin Hildebrandt  1 , Bernd Jansen  1 , Ruth Offergeld  1 , Georg Pauli  1 , Rainer Seitz  1 , Uwe Schlenkrich  1 , Volkmar Schottstedt  1 , Johanna Strobel  1 , Hannelore Willkommen  1
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Coxiella burnetii - Pathogenic Agent of Q (Query) Fever

Lutz Gürtler et al. Transfus Med Hemother. 2014 Feb.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
The 6 genogroups of C. burnetii and the MST genotypes assigned to these groups. Genogroup VI contains the so-called Dugway strain. The phylogenetic tree shows the close relationship of individual MST genotypes which have partly developed by convergent evolution. In this analysis, MST 14 and 15 are identical in Group II. Graphic modelled on Hornstra et al., 2011 [22] (L. Guertler).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Temporal course of C. burnetii infection and serological response, detectable through Phase I and II antibodies. In the chronic course, DNA can be detected periodically years after acute infection, and antibody titers remain high. Diagram based on Van Wijk et al., 2011 [134] (L. Guertler).
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