Human seroprevalence to Coxiella bumetii (Q fever) in Northern Ireland

Conall McCaughey; J. McKenna; C. McKenna; Peter Coyle; H.J. O'Neill; D.E. Wyatt; B. Smyth; Liam Murray

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Human seroprevalence to Coxiella bumetii (Q fever) in Northern Ireland

Conall McCaughey, J. McKenna, C. McKenna, Peter Coyle, H.J. O'Neill, D.E. Wyatt, B. Smyth, Liam Murray

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Despite the widespread prevalence of infection with Coxiella burnetii, there have been few large population-based studies examining the epidemiology of this infection. The aim of this study was to examine the distribution and determinants of C. burnetii past infection in Northern Ireland (NI). Coxiella burnetii phase II specific IgG antibodies were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in stored serum from 2394 randomly selected subjects, aged 12-64, who had participated in population-based surveys of cardiovascular risk factors performed in 1986 and 1987. The overall prevalence of C. burnetii antibody positivity was 12.8%. The prevalence of sero-positivity was slightly higher in males than that in females (14.3% versus 11.2%, P = 0.02). Sero-positivity was low in children (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	189-194
Number of pages	6
Journal	Zoonoses Public Health
Volume	55
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01109.x
Publication status	Published - May 2008

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