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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Coxiella burnetii in humans, domestic ruminants, and ticks in rural Western Kenya
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 88, No. 3, Year 2013
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Description
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 parturition, and in ticks collected from ruminants and domestic dogs. Antibodies against C. burnetii were detected in 30.9% (N = 246) of archived patient sera and in 28.3% (N = 463) of cattle, 32.0% (N = 378) of goats, and 18.2% (N = 159) of sheep surveyed. Four of 135 (3%) patients with acute lower respiratory illness showed seroconversion to C. burnetii. The pathogen was detected by polymerase chain reaction in specimens collected from three of six small ruminants that gave birth within the preceding 24 hours, and in five of 10 pools (50%) of Haemaphysalis leachi ticks collected from domestic dogs. Copyright © 2013 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Authors & Co-Authors
Knobel, Darryn L.
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Maina, Alice N.
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Cutler, Sally Jane
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Ogola, Eric
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Feikin, Daniel R.
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Junghae, Muthoni
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Halliday, Jo E.B.
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Richards, Allen L.
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Breiman, Robert F.
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Cleaveland, Sarah C.
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Njenga, Moses Kariuki
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Statistics
Citations: 92
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.12-0169
ISSN:
00029637
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Kenya