Coxiella burnetii in ticks and wild birds.

Unlabelled: The study objective was to get more information on C. burnetii prevalence in wild birds and ticks feeding on them, and the potentialities of the pathogen dissemination over Europe by both.

Materials: Blood, blood sera, feces of wild birds and ticks removed from those birds or from vegetation were studied at two sites in Russia: the Curonian Spit (site KK), and the vicinity of St.

[COMPARISON OF DIAGNOSTIC EFFECTIVENESS OF METHODS OF DETECTION OF COXIELLA BURNETII IN BLOOD OF PATIENTS WITH Q FEVER BASED ON AMPLIFI- CATION OF 16S rRNA GENE FRAGMENTS (STANDARD PCR) AND groEL GENE (REAL- TIME PCR)].

Aim: Comparison of diagnostic capabilities of 2 variants of PCR for detection of Coxiella burneli persistence in dynamics of infectious process in patients with Q fever.

Materials And Methods: 110 samples of clinical material, obtained from patients with Q fever in an endemic region for this infection (Astrakhan region), were studied. The samples were studied in a standard PCR (marker - 16S rRNA gene fragment) and in real-time.