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A first-of-its-kind initiative between public and private sector to catalog and highlight Bioscience research in the city of San Antonio and the surrounding areas.
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Coxiella burnetii is an obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacterium that causes acute and chronic Q fever in humans. It is an understudied category B select agent and can be transmitted via aerosol. The existing formalin-inactivated phase I whole-cell vaccine (PIV) induces serious side effects in previously sensitized individuals and no vaccine is commercially available for prevention of human Q fever in the US. Therefore, creation of a safe and effective vaccine to prevent Q fever remains an important public health and national biosecurity goal.