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- Title
Serological Evidence of Coxiella burnetii Infection in Cattle and Goats in Bangladesh.
- Authors
Haider, Najmul; Rahman, Md.; Khan, Salah; Mikolon, Andrea; Osmani, Muzaffor; Gurley, Emily; Shanta, Ireen; Paul, Suman; Macfarlane-Berry, Laura; Islam, Ariful; Islam, Ausraful; Desmond, James; Epstein, Jonathan; Priestley, Rachael; Kersh, Gilbert; Rahman, Mohammed; Daszak, Peter; Luby, Stephen; Massung, Robert; Zeidner, Nord
- Abstract
We tested 1149 ruminant sera conveniently collected from three districts of Bangladesh to identify the serological evidence of Coxiella burnetii infection in cattle and goats by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We found that 0.7% (8/1149) of ruminants had detectable immunoglobulin G for C. burnetii: 0.65% (4/620) in cattle and 0.76% (4/529) in goats. A sub-set of ruminant samples was retested and confirmed by immunofluorescence assay (18/112). Although we cannot rule out false-positive reactions, our study suggests the presence of C. burnetii in cattle and goats in Bangladesh. Further studies are required to estimate disease burden at the population level and identify risk factors for Q fever in ruminants in Bangladesh.
- Subjects
RUMINANTS; SEROLOGY; IMMUNOSPECIFICITY; COXIELLA burnetii; CATTLE infections; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; Q fever; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
EcoHealth, 2015, Vol 12, Issue 2, p354
- ISSN
1612-9202
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10393-015-1011-x