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Volume 29, Number 5—May 2023
Research Letter

New Genotype of Coxiella burnetii Causing Epizootic Q Fever Outbreak in Rodents, Northern Senegal

Joa Mangombi-Pambou, Laurent Granjon, Clément Labarrere, Mamadou Kane, Youssoupha Niang, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Jérémy Delerce, Florence Fenollar, and Oleg MediannikovComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon (J. Mangombi-Pambou); Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (J. Mangombi-Pambou, C. Labarrere, P.-E. Fournier, J. Delerce, F. Fenollar, O. Mediannikov); University Hospital Institute Méditerranée Infection, Marseille (J. Mangombi-Pambou, C. Labarrere, P.-E. Fournier, F. Fenollar, O. Mediannikov); Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, Montpellier, France (L. Granjon); Biologie des Populations Animales Sahelo-Soudaniennes, Dakar, Senegal (M. Kane, Y. Niang)

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Table

Characterization of new Coxiella burnetii MST75 and MST 76 genotypes described in study of new genotype of C. burnetii causing epizootic Q fever outbreak in rodents, northern Senegal*

Species No. Is1111 positive, no. (%) Profile of spacers
 Genotype
Cox2 Cox5 Cox18 Cox20 Cox22 Cox37 Cox51 Cox56 Cox57 Cox61
Arvicanthis niloticus
 29
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
Desmodilliscus braueri
 3
 1 (33.3)
 3
 14
 6
 6
 5
 4
 10
 10
 13
 5
 MST75
Gerbillus nancillus
 9
 3 (33.3)
 3
 14
 6
 6
 5
 4
 10
 10
 13
 5
 MST75
G. nigeriae†
 71
 20 (28.2)
 3
 14
 6
 6
 5
 4
 10
 20/21‡
 13
 5
 MST75/ MST76‡
Jaculus jaculus
 4
 1 (25)
 3
 14
 6
 6
 5
 4
 10
 10
 13
 5
 MST75
Taterillus spp.
 8
 3 (37.5)
 3
 14
 6
 6
 5
 .4
 10
 10
 13
 5
 MST75
Xerus erythropus
 1
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
 NA
Total 125 28 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

*MST, multispacer sequence typing; NA, not applicable. †Invasive (expanding) species. ‡Genotype MST76 has the same profile as MST75 except for Cox 56.

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