Domestic sheep show average Coxiella burnetii seropositivity generations after a sheep-associated human Q fever outbreak and lack detectable shedding by placental, vaginal, and fecal routes

• Ryan D. Oliveira,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

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• Michelle R. Mousel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA-ARS Animal Disease Research, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

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• Kristy L. Pabilonia,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Margaret A. Highland,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA-ARS Animal Disease Research, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

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• J. Bret Taylor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation USDA-ARS Range Sheep Production Efficiency Research, Dubois, Idaho, United States of America

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• Donald P. Knowles,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, USDA-ARS Animal Disease Research, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

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• Stephen N. White

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Stephen.White@ars.usda.gov

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, USDA-ARS Animal Disease Research, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9255-6054

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