Testing

<p>Fom: 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, A Roadmap for Testing and Treatment' <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/cfstestingandtreatmentroadmap/home">https://sites.google.com/site/cfstestingandtreatmentroadmap/home</a>

<b >PCR</b>. During the acute phase of Q fever, PCR can determine if a patient has Q fever (PCR is most sensitive in the first week of illness). However a negative PCR result does not rule out the possibility of having Q fever.<br />

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<b >Indirect&nbsp;immunofluorescence assay (IFA)</b>&nbsp;is the gold standard test for acute Q fever.<br />

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More about Coxiella burnetii testing&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/qfever/symptoms/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >here</a>.</p>