First Draft Genome Sequence of a Human Coxiella burnetii Isolate, Originating from the Largest Q Fever Outbreak Ever Reported, the Netherlands, 2007 to 2010

J A Hammerl; K Mertens; L D Sprague; V H Hackert; J Buijs; C J Hoebe; K Henning; H Neubauer; S Al Dahouk

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00445-15

First Draft Genome Sequence of a Human Coxiella burnetii Isolate, Originating from the Largest Q Fever Outbreak Ever Reported, the Netherlands, 2007 to 2010

Genome Announc. 2015 May 7;3(3):e00445-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00445-15.

Authors

J A Hammerl¹, K Mertens², L D Sprague², V H Hackert³, J Buijs⁴, C J Hoebe, K Henning², H Neubauer², S Al Dahouk

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Safety, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany jens.hammerl@web.de.
² Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute for Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, National Reference Laboratory for Fever, Jena, Germany.
³ Public Health Service South Limburg, Department of Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases, and Environmental Health, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, the Netherlands.

Abstract

In 2009, Coxiella burnetii caused a large regional outbreak of Q fever in South Limburg, the Netherlands. Here, we announce the genome draft sequence of a human C. burnetii isolate, strain NL-Limburg, originating from this outbreak, including a brief summary of the genome's general features.