Multiple choice

Which of the following organisms is the etiological agent of the disease 'Q fever'?

  1. Coxiella burnetti

  2. Yersinia pestis

  3. Salmonella typhi

  4. Mycobacterium bovis

  5. Psudomonas pseudomallei
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Explanation

Q fever is a disease caused by infection of Coxiella burnetii, which is a bacterium that affects humans and other animals. The infection results from inhalation of a spore like small cell variant and from contact with the milk, urine, feces, vaginal mucus or semen of infected animals.

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