Unique Clone of Coxiella burnetii Causing Severe Q Fever, French Guiana

Aba Mahamat
Sophie Edouard
Magalie Demar
Philippe Abboud
Jean-Yves Patrice
Bernard La Scola
Antoine Okandze
Félix Djossou
Didier Raoult

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Publication date

July 2013

DOI

10.3201/eid1907.130044

Publisher

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Journal

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Abstract

Acute Q fever is an emergent and severe disease in French Guiana. We obtained 5 Coxiella burnetii isolates from samples of patients from Cayenne and found an epidemic clone circulating in Cayenne. This clone has caused pneumonia and endocarditis and seems to be more virulent than previously described strains

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Unique Clone of Coxiella burnetii Causing Severe Q Fever, French Guiana

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