title: Improved detection of Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) in livestock tissue through silica matrix DNA extraction and high-sensitivity PCR.
authors.affiliation: Texas A & M College of Veterinary Medicine, College Station 77843, USA.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Ermel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology*; D002417:Cattle; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011778:Q Fever / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial