1. History and prospects of Coxiella burnetii research; Karim E. Hechemy

2. Phylogenetic diversity, virulence and comparative genomics; Erin J. van Schaik and James E. Samuel

3. Defense mechanisms against oxidative stress in Coxiella burnetii: Adaptation to a unique intracellular niche; Katja Mertens and James E. Samuel

4. Lipopolysaccharide of Coxiella burnetii; Craig T. Narasaki and Rudolf Toman

5. Components of protective immunity; Guoquan Zhang, Yan Zhang and James Samuel

6. Proteome of Coxiella burnetii; Robert Ihnatko, Edward Shaw and Rudolf Toman

7. Coxiella subversion of intracellular host signaling; S. Kauser Hussain and Daniel E. Voth

8. The Coxiella burnetii parasitophorous vacuole; Eric Ghigo, María I. Colombo and Robert A. Heinzen

9. Coxiella burnetii secretion systems; Justin A. McDonough, Hayley J. Newton and Craig R. Roy

10. Role of lipids in Coxiella burnetii infection; Stacey D. Gilk

11. Axenic growth of Coxiella burnetii; Anders Omsland

12. Developmental biology of Coxiella burnetii; Michael F. Minnick and Rahul Raghavan

13. Genetic manipulation of Coxiella burnetii; Paul A. Beare

14. Role of innate and adaptive immunity in the control of Q fever; Christian Capo and Jean-Louis Mege

15. Immune response and Coxiella burnetii invasion; Amira Ben Amara, Yassina Bechah and Jean-Louis Mege

16. Antigenic analysis for vaccines and diagnostics; Laura R. Hendrix and Chen Chen

17. Epidemic Q Fever in humans in the Netherlands; Wim van der Hoek, Gabriëlla Morroy, Nicole H.M. Renders, Peter C. Wever, Mirjam H.A. Hermans, Alexander C.A.P. Leenders, and Peter M. Schneeberger

18. Coxiella-like endosymbionts; Jianmin Zhong

19. Molecular typing of Coxiella burnetii (Q fever); Robert Massung, Sally Cutler and Dimitrios Frangoulidis