title: Isolation of Coxiella burnetii from dairy cattle and ticks, and some characteristics of the isolates in Japan.
abstract: Coxiella burnetii was isolated from raw milk (36/214, 16.8%) and uterus swab samples (13/61, 21.3%) originating from dairy cattle with reproductive disorders, aborted bovine fetus samples (2/4, 50%), mammary gland samples (4/50, 8%) originating from healthy dairy cattle, and tick samples (4/15, 26.7%) originating from 2 pastures. Fifty-nine strains had various degrees of pathogenicity, high (8; 13.6%), moderate (28; 47.5%) and low (23; 39%), for guinea pigs. The results of isolation suggested a high prevalence of Coxiella infection in dairy cattle with reproductive problems in Japan. Twelve strains (7, 2 and 3 strains from cattle, ticks and humans, respectively) and the reference Nine Mile strain of phases I and II were propagated in both yolk sacs of embryonated hen eggs and Buffalo green monkey (BGM) cell cultures. Protein profiles of these strains were similar to those of the reference strain of phase I. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) profiles of 12 strains were similar to those of the reference strain of phase I and different from those of the reference strain of phase II. The LPS profiles of 12 strains suggested that these strains are associated with an acute form of Q fever.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Htwe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: G Q
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukushi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirai
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D003612:Dairying; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000382:microbiology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008805:Mice, Inbred A; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*; D014599:Uterus / Q000382:microbiology; D015017:Yolk Sac / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides