title: Detection of Coxiella burnetii DNA in inhalable airborne dust samples from goat farms after mandatory culling.
abstract: Coxiella burnetii is thought to infect humans primarily via airborne transmission. However, air measurements of C. burnetii are sparse. We detected C. burnetii DNA in inhalable and PM10 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic size of 10 μm or less) dust samples collected at three affected goat farms, demonstrating that low levels of C. burnetii DNA are present in inhalable size fractions.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Medicine, Department of Farm Animal Health, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Lenny
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hogerwerf
authors.forename: Floor
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borlée
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Still
authors.forename: Dick
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heederik
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van Rotterdam
authors.forename: Arnout
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Bruin
authors.forename: Mirjam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nielen
authors.forename: Inge M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Wouters
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D006041:Goats; D060885:Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction; D009426:Netherlands; D010316:Particle Size; D011778:Q Fever / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004391:Dust