Detection of Coxiella burnetii DNA in inhalable airborne dust samples from goat farms after mandatory culling

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Aug;78(15):5410-2. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00677-12. Epub 2012 May 11.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Air Microbiology*
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Animals
  • Coxiella burnetii / genetics*
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification*
  • Dust / analysis*
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Goat Diseases / microbiology*
  • Goat Diseases / transmission*
  • Goats
  • Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Netherlands
  • Particle Size
  • Q Fever / transmission
  • Q Fever / veterinary*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Dust