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- Title
Epidemiological serosurvey of vector-borne and zoonotic pathogens among homeless people living in shelters in Marseille: cross-sectional one-day surveys (2005–2015).
- Authors
Ly, Tran Duc Anh; Louni, Meriem; Hoang, Van Thuan; Dao, Thi Loi; Badiaga, Sekene; Brouqui, Phillipe; Tissot-Dupont, Hervé; Raoult, Didier; Fournier, Pierre-Edouard; Gautret, Philippe
- Abstract
Homeless people are often exposed to unhygienic environments as well as to animals carrying arthropods which both transmit zoonotic infections and human louse-borne pathogens. We attempted to determine the prevalence of antibodies against several vector-borne and zoonotic pathogens among homeless adults living in Marseille. During the 2005–2015 period, we collected sera samples from 821 homeless adults living in shelters. Antibodies against Bartonella quintana, Bartonella henselae, Borrelia recurrentis, Coxiella burnetii, Francisella tularensis (with a cut-off of 1:100), Rickettsia akari, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia prowazekii, and Rickettsia typhi (with a cut-off of 1:64) were searched by microimmunofluorescence (MIF). MIF-positive serum samples were confirmed by cross-adsorption to characterise cross-reacting antigens and immunoblotting. Positive sera by Western blot were further tested using qPCR. We evidenced a prevalence of 4.9% seroreactivity to at least one pathogen including phase II C. burnetii (2.1%), B. quintana (1.7%), R. conorii (0.4%), R. prowazekii (0.4%), R. typhi (0.1%), B. recurrentis (0.1%), and F. tularensis (0.1%). No DNA from any pathogens was detected. A comparison with studies conducted prior to the 2000–2003 period showed a decrease in the overall seroprevalence of several vector-borne and zoonotic infections.
- Subjects
MARSEILLE (France); COXIELLA burnetii; HOMELESS persons; BARTONELLA henselae; FRANCISELLA tularensis; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; RICKETTSIA
- Publication
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 39, Issue 9, p1663
- ISSN
0934-9723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10096-020-03889-6