Angelakis E., Mediannikov Oleg, Stein A., Bassene H., Sokhna Cheikh, Raoult Didier. (2014). Short Report : Throat swab samples for diagnosis of Q fever. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 90 (1), p. 147-148. ISSN 0002-9637.
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Short Report : Throat swab samples for diagnosis of Q fever
Angelakis E., Mediannikov Oleg, Stein A., Bassene H., Sokhna Cheikh, Raoult Didier
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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014,
90 (1), p. 147-148 ISSN 0002-9637
Oropharyngeal swabs collected from patients with Q fever from France and from febrile patients from Senegal were tested by molecular assays for Coxiella burnetii. One positive result (0.08%) occurred for only one patient with acute Q fever. Throat swabs cannot replace blood serum samples as diagnostic tools for Q fever.
