Long-term persistence of Coxiella burnetii in the host after primary Q fever

After a primary infection Coxiella burnetii may persist covertly in animals and recrudesce at parturition to be shed in the products of conception and the milk. Similar latent persistence and recrudescence occurs in man: namely, infection of placenta, heart valve or mural endocardium, bone or liver....

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