First complete genome sequence of the Dutch veterinary Coxiella burnetii strain NL3262, originating from the largest global Q fever outbreak, and draft genome sequence of its epidemiologically linked chronic human isolate NLhu3345937

Authors: Kuley, Runa and Smith, Hilde E and Janse, Ingmar and Harders, Frank L and Baas, Frank and Schijlen, Elio and Nabuurs-Franssen, Marrigje H and Smits, Mari A and Roest, Hendrik I J and Bossers, Alex

The largest global Q fever outbreak occurred in The Netherlands during 2007 to 2010. Goats and sheep were identified as the major sources of disease. Here, we report the first complete genome sequence of Coxiella burnetiigoat outbreak strain NL3262 and that of an epidemiologically linked chronic human strain, both having the outbreak-related CbNL01multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) genotype. Copyright © 2016 Kuley et al.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00245-16
Year: 2016

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