The Recent Evolution of a Maternally-Inherited Endosymbiont of Ticks Led to the Emergence of the Q Fever Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii

Duron, Olivier; Noël, Valérie; D. McCoy, Karen; Bonazzi, Matteo; Sidi‐Boumedine, Karim; Morel, Olivier; Vavre, Fabrice; Zenner, Lionel; Jourdain, Elsa; Durand, Patrick; Arnathau, Céline; Renaud, François; Trape, Jean‐François; S. Biguezoton, Abel; Cremaschi, Julie; Dietrich, Muriel; Léger, Elsa; Appelgren, Anaïs; Dupraz, Marlène; Gómez‐Díaz, Elena; Diatta, Georges; Dayo, Guiguigbaza‐Kossigan; Adakal, Hassane; Zoungrana, Sébastien; Vial, Laurence; Chevillon, Christine

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004892

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The Recent Evolution of a Maternally-Inherited Endosymbiont of Ticks Led to the Emergence of the Q Fever Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii

Published in PLoS Pathogens • May 15, 2015

Authors:

Olivier Duron

Valérie Noël

Karen D. McCoy

Abstract

Q fever is a highly infectious disease with a worldwide distribution. Its causative agent, the intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii, infects a variety of vertebrate species, including humans. Its evolutionary origin remains almost entirely unknown and uncertainty persists regarding the identity...

Subject

Coxiella burnetii

Biology

Q fever

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