title: Detection of Coxiella burnetii from dust in a barn housing dairy cattle.
abstract: We attempted to detect Coxiella burnetii in dust samples collected from a barn housing dairy cattle by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. Ten dust samples (five from ventilation fans and five from crossbeams) were collected from two areas in a barn on a farm near Sapporo, Hokkaido. C. burnetii was detected in 5 of the 10 dust samples. It was believed that aerial contamination by C. burnetii occurred in the barn.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanase
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Inouye
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okabayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morita
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004391:Dust; D006799:Housing, Animal; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D004391:Dust