Background Q fever is caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium, Coxiella burnetii [1,2]. This disease is regarded as endemic worldwide, with the exception of New Zealand [3-6]. Cattle, sheep and goats are considered to be the primary source of transmission for humans [7,8]. Humans are infected mainly by inhalation of contaminated aerosols or by the ingestion of infected milk and/or fresh ...

1Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey 2Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagusa, Famagusta, The Northern Cyprus, Turkey 3Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy 4Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of P...

Serakinci N1* and Can Erzik2 1Near East University, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Head of Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Near East Avenue, 99138, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus 2Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, Istanbul Turkey *Address for Correspondence: Nedime Serakinci, Near East University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, Lef...