brunetii to infect other animals through milk, a study was done giving mice and guinea pigs infected samples of unpasteurized milk. Results shown that the mice and guineas pigs were in fact infected with the infectious Q fever bacterium but only at a 50% of the population. This pathogen also does not continue to multiple outside of its environment in the host cell. C. brunetii is very environmentally stable and handles physical stress - such as ultraviolet light and disinfectants – in a spore-like manner, living in the environment for years. It is an extremely hardy bacterium that has a high drive to target macrophages and monocytes, which are seen commonly in the placental
brunetii to infect other animals through milk, a study was done giving mice and guinea pigs infected samples of unpasteurized milk. Results shown that the mice and guineas pigs were in fact infected with the infectious Q fever bacterium but only at a 50% of the population. This pathogen also does not continue to multiple outside of its environment in the host cell. C. brunetii is very environmentally stable and handles physical stress - such as ultraviolet light and disinfectants – in a spore-like manner, living in the environment for years. It is an extremely hardy bacterium that has a high drive to target macrophages and monocytes, which are seen commonly in the placental