Table 4.
Coxiella burnetii MLVA types observed in three animal and four environmental matrices obtained from 45 farm locations in the Netherlands
| Matrix type | Sample type | Origin | Sample size |
MLVA genotypes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | A + Ea | ||||
| Animal |
Vaginal swabs |
Goats |
63 (15) |
46 (11) |
6 (2) |
2 (1) |
9 (1) |
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| |
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Sheep |
19 (6) |
14 (5) |
5 (1) |
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Placentas |
Goats |
2 (2) |
2 (2) |
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| |
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Sheep |
1 |
1 |
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| |
Spleens |
Rats |
11 (4) |
6 (3) |
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|
5 (1) |
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|
| Environment |
Surface swabs |
Goat farms |
69 (17) |
53 (13) |
13 (3) |
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|
3 (1) |
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Sheep farms |
9 (3) |
4 (2) |
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|
5 (1) |
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| |
Manure |
Goat farms |
1 |
1 |
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| |
Milk unit filters |
Goat farms |
13 (7) |
11 (6) |
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|
2 (1) |
| Aerosols | Goat farms | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | |||||||
aboth genotype A and E present in sample.
Samples were obtained from 34 dairy goat farms, 9 (non-dairy) sheep, one cattle farm, and one petting zoo. The number of farms on which the samples were collected is displayed between brackets.