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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2011.774

PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE PREVALENCE OF COXIELLA BURNETII IN CHEESES PRODUCED IN SOUTHERN ITALY

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Received: 3 January 2013
Published: 1 August 2011
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Cheese, Coxiella burnetii, Real-Time PCR.

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Y.T.R. Proroga
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno Dipartimento di Ispezione degli Alimenti, Portici., Italy.
F. Casalinuovo
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno-Sezione di Catanzaro, Italy.
A. Mancusi
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno Dipartimento di Ispezione degli Alimenti, Portici., Italy.
R. Gagliardi
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno Dipartimento di Ispezione degli Alimenti, Portici., Italy.
P. Rippa
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno-Sezione di Catanzaro, Italy.
F. Albano
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno Dipartimento di Ispezione degli Alimenti, Portici, Italy.
V. Damiani
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno Dipartimento di Ispezione degli Alimenti, Portici, Italy.
D. Squillaro
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno Dipartimento di Ispezione degli Alimenti, Portici, Italy.
A. Guarino
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno-Dipartimento Direzione, Portici, Italy.
F. Capuano
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno Dipartimento di Ispezione degli Alimenti, Portici., Italy.
In this study the presence of Coxiella burnetii in cow, buffalo and small ruminants (sheep and goat) cheeses produced in southern Italy has been evaluated with the aim to analyze the risk of infection for consumers. The survey was performed using molecular assays (Real-Time PCR) to detect the presence of C. burnetii DNA. The samples have been furthermore tested with specific methods for species identification in milk and dairy products. C. burnetii has been detected in 75% of cow cheese samples, while in small ruminants and buffaloes diary products have been assessed at 45,9% and 23,9% respectively.

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PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE PREVALENCE OF COXIELLA BURNETII IN CHEESES PRODUCED IN SOUTHERN ITALY. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2011 Aug. 1 [cited 2026 Apr. 21];1(2):71-4. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2011.2.71

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