Digitally colourised, scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image of a dry fractured Vero cell, revealing its contents, and the ultrastructural details at the site of an opened vacuole, inside of which you can see numerous, Coxiella burnetii bacteria, undergoing rapid replication. Q fever is a disease caused by the bacteria Coxiella burnetii. This bacteria naturally infects some animals, such as goats, sheep, and cattle. An optimised and enhanced version of an image produced by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) / CDC.

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