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| Gilbert J KershSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Presence and persistence of Coxiella burnetii in the environments of goat farms associated with a Q fever outbreakGilbert J Kersh
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 79:1697-703. 2013..The results suggest that the highest concentrations of environmental C. burnetii are found in goat birthing areas and that contamination of other areas is mostly associated with human movement...
Long-Term immune responses to Coxiella burnetii after vaccinationGilbert J Kersh
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Vaccine Immunol 20:129-33. 2013..These results show that IFA and IGRA perform similarly in detection of C. burnetii immune responses and that Q fever vaccination establishes long-lived immune responses to C. burnetii...
Coxiella burnetii infection of marine mammals in the Pacific Northwest, 1997-2010Gilbert J Kersh
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, USA
J Wildl Dis 48:201-6. 2012..0% (73/215) had antibodies against either Phase 1 or Phase 2 C. burnetii. These results suggest that C. burnetii infection is common among marine mammals in this region...
Coxiella burnetii infection of a Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) found in Washington StateGilbert J Kersh
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS G 13, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 48:3428-31. 2010..This is the first description of coxiellosis in a sea lion and suggests that exposure to sea lions may be a risk factor for contracting Q fever...
Presence of Coxiella burnetii DNA in the environment of the United States, 2006 to 2008Gilbert J Kersh
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS G 13, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 76:4469-75. 2010..It also suggests that human exposure to C. burnetii may be more common than what is suggested by the number of reported cases of Q fever...
Virulence of pathogenic Coxiella burnetii strains after growth in the absence of host cellsGilbert J Kersh
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11:1433-8. 2011..The loss of virulence in axenic culture was associated with some truncation of lipopolysaccharide chains, suggesting a possible mechanism for attenuation...
Practical method for extraction of PCR-quality DNA from environmental soil samplesKelly A Fitzpatrick
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS G 13, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 76:4571-3. 2010..Coxiella burnetii DNA was detected in spiked soil samples at <1,000 genome equivalents per gram of soil and in 12 (16.4%) of 73 environmental soil samples...
