TY - JOUR AU - González-Barrio, David AU - Maio, Elisa AU - Vieira-Pinto, Madalena AU - Ruiz-Fons, Francisco T1 - European Rabbits as Reservoir for Coxiella burnetii T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 6 SP - 1055 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We studied the role of European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) as a reservoir for Coxiella burnetii in the Iberian region. High individual and population seroprevalences observed in wild and farmed rabbits, evidence of systemic infections, and vaginal shedding support the reservoir role of the European rabbit for C. burnetii. KW - Coxiella burnetii KW - bacteria KW - lagomorph KW - Q fever KW - European rabbits KW - Oryctolagus cuniculus KW - reservoir KW - wildlife KW - zoonoses KW - Iberian region KW - Europe DO - 10.3201/eid2106.141537 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/6/14-1537_article ER - End of Reference