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Q Fever
Studies from National Institutes of Health yield new information about q fever
June 3rd, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "Coxiella burnetii is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen that causes the zoonosis Q fever. While an effective whole-cell vaccine (WCV) against Q fever exists, the vaccine has limitations in being highly reactogenic in sensitized individuals." "Thus, a safe and effective vaccine based on recombinant protein antigen (Ag) is desirable. To achieve this goal, a better understanding of the host response to primary infection and the precise mechanisms involved in protective immunity to C. burnetii are needed," wrote J.G. Shannon and colleagues, National Institutes of Health. The researchers concluded:...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-06-03)
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