| Literature DB >> 11438911 |
A Milazzo1, R Hall, P A Storm, R J Harris, W Winslow, B P Marmion.
Abstract
We report the sexual transmission of Coxiella burnetii from a man with occupationally acquired Q fever to his wife. Fifteen days after coitus, his wife also developed serologically proven acute Q fever. C. burnetii DNA sequences were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) performed on semen samples obtained from the husband at 4 and 15 months after the onset of acute Q fever, but PCR results were variable at 23 months, indicating the presence of few organisms.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11438911 DOI: 10.1086/321878
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079