Coxiella burnetii in Humans, Domestic Ruminants, and Ticks in Rural Western Kenya

Coxiella burnetii in Humans, Domestic Ruminants, and Ticks in Rural Western Kenya

We conducted serological surveys for Coxiella burnetii in archived sera from patients that visited a rural clinic in western Kenya from 2007 to 2008 and in cattle, sheep, and goats from the same area in 2009. We also conducted serological and polymerase chain reaction-based surveillance for the pathogen in 2009-2010, in human patients with acute lower respiratory illness, in ruminants following...

Coxiella burnetii in Humans and Ticks in Rural Senegal

BACKGROUND Q fever is a worldwide zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii. Epidemiologically, animals are considered reservoirs and humans incidental hosts. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We investigated Q fever in rural Senegal. Human samples (e.g., sera, saliva, breast milk, feces) were screened in the generally healthy population of two villages of the Sine-Saloum region. Ticks were c...

Genotyping of Coxiella burnetii from domestic ruminants in northern Spain

BACKGROUND Information on the genotypic diversity of Coxiella burnetii isolates from infected domestic ruminants in Spain is limited. The aim of this study was to identify the C. burnetii genotypes infecting livestock in Northern Spain and compare them to other European genotypes. A commercial real-time PCR targeting the IS1111a insertion element was used to detect the presence of C. burnetii D...

Coxiella burnetii in Ticks, Argentina

6. Janse I, Hamidjaja RA, Bok JM, van Rotterdam BJ. Reliable detection of Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis and Yersinia pestis by using multiplex qPCR including internal controls for nucleic acid extraction and amplification. BMC Microbiol. 2010;10:314. 7. Adjemian JZ, Adjemian MK, Foley P, Chomel BB, Kasten RW, Foley JE. Evidence of multiple zoonotic agents in a wild rodent community...

Identification of Ixodidae Ticks of Domestic Ruminants in Boushehr, Iran