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A commercial real-time PCR targeting the IS<jats:italic>1111a<\/jats:italic>insertion element was used to detect the presence of<jats:italic>C. burnetii<\/jats:italic>DNA in domestic ruminants from Spain. Genotypes were determined by a 6-loci Multiple Locus Variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) panel and Multispacer Sequence Typing (MST).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 45 samples from 4 goat herds (placentas, N\u2009=\u20094), 12 dairy cattle herds (vaginal mucus, individual milk, bulk tank milk, aerosols, N\u2009=\u200920) and 5 sheep flocks (placenta, vaginal swabs, faeces, air samples, dust, N\u2009=\u200921) were included in the study. Samples from goats and sheep were obtained from herds which had suffered abortions suspected to be caused by<jats:italic>C. burnetii<\/jats:italic>, whereas cattle samples were obtained from animals with reproductive problems compatible with<jats:italic>C. burnetii<\/jats:italic>infection, or consisted of bulk tank milk (BTM) samples from a Q fever surveillance programme.<jats:italic>C. burnetii<\/jats:italic>genotypes identified in ruminants from Spain were compared to those detected in other countries. Three MLVA genotypes were found in 4 goat farms, 7 MLVA genotypes were identified in 12 cattle herds and 4 MLVA genotypes were identified in 5 sheep flocks. Clustering of the MLVA genotypes using the minimum spanning tree method showed a high degree of genetic similarity between most MLVA genotypes. Overall 11 different MLVA genotypes were obtained corresponding to 4 different MST genotypes: MST genotype 13, identified in goat, sheep and cattle from Spain; MST genotype 18, only identified in goats; and, MST genotypes 8 and 20, identified in small ruminants and cattle, respectively. All these genotypes had been previously identified in animal and human clinical samples from several European countries, but some of the MLVA genotypes are described here for the first time.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Genotyping revealed a substantial genetic diversity among domestic ruminants from Northern Spain.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1746-6148-8-241","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,12,10]],"date-time":"2012-12-10T15:14:29Z","timestamp":1355152469000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":52,"title":["Genotyping of Coxiella burnetiifrom domestic ruminants in northern Spain"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Ianire","family":"Astobiza","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jeroen JHC","family":"Tilburg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alvaro","family":"Pi\u00f1ero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ana","family":"Hurtado","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ana L","family":"Garc\u00eda-P\u00e9rez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marrigje H","family":"Nabuurs-Franssen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Corn\u00e9 HW","family":"Klaassen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,12,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"516_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"297","DOI":"10.1016\/j.vetmic.2009.07.016","volume":"140","author":"E Angelakis","year":"2009","unstructured":"Angelakis E, Raoult D: Q fever. 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