Rockville, MD -- Scientists at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and their collaborators have deciphered and analyzed the complete genome sequence of Coxiella ...

Over a 10-year period, 31 adult patients were identified as having Q fever at Mayo Clinic. Patients presented with a variety of symptoms, with many receiving antibiotic prophylaxis based on varying ...

C. burnetii, which was first isolated as the cause of Q Fever in Australia in 1937, is typically found in farm animals but also infects humans, including an epidemic that sickened many soldiers in ...

Blacksburg, Va. -Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Texas A&M Health Center, and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have uncovered genetic ...

The genetic blueprint of yet another important disease-causing microbe, the bacterium Coxiella burnetii, has been deciphered and analyzed. C. burnetii -- a highly infectious organism that sickened ...

Query (Q) fever is a zoonotic illness caused by Coxiella burnetii. It is transmitted by inhalation or ingestion. The disease may be acquired by the respiratory or digestive route. The clinical ...

Q fever is a worldwide zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. Although ruminants are recognized as the most important source of human infection, no previous studies have focused on assessing the ...

Q: One of the soldiers my son-in-law knew from his service in Iraq developed pneumonia that they thought may be due to Q fever. Would you tell me about this disease? A: Q fever is named for query ...

Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii and recently has been recognized as a potential agent of bioterrorism. In Q fever, men are symptomatic more often than women, despite equal ...

Decades after it stopped using the animal-borne bacteria that causes the disease Q fever as a biological weapon, the Pentagon is still trying to develop a vaccine to protect troops from the highly ...