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From: Ultraviolet C inactivation of Coxiella burnetii for production of a structurally preserved whole cell vaccine antigen

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UVC treatment of (A) C. burnetii NMII by exposure to 100 µW/cm2 and (B) C. burnetii NMI to 100 µW/cm2 and 250 µW/cm2 in a time dependent manner. Bacteria (1 × 1010 GE/ml) were treated with UVC and rescued in ACCM-2. A decrease in recovered GE/ml at day 7 (d7) compared to day 0 (d0) indicates inactivation. Untreated bacteria were diluted to 1 × 105 GE/ml and incubated for 7 days as growth control. The results presented as Tukey box plots represent the average of three independent experiments. Statistically significant differences are indicated by p-values of < 0.05 (*), < 0.01 (**), and < 0.001 (***)

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