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Q Fever Serological Survey and Associated Risk Factors in Veterinarians, Southern Belgium, 2013

Dal Pozzo, F.
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Martinelle, L.
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Léonard, P.
altro
Saegerman, C.
2017
  • journal article

Periodico
TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES
Abstract
A sero-epidemiological survey was organized among veterinarians working in Southern Belgium to estimate the seroprevalence of Q fever and the risk factors associated with exposure. A total of 108 veterinarians took part to this cross-sectional study, with a majority practicing with livestock animals. The overall seroprevalence was 45.4%, but it increased to 58.3% among veterinarians having contact with livestock. Three main serological profiles were detected (relatively recent, past and potentially chronic infections). The contact with manure during the prior month was the risk factor associated with seropositivity after multivariate logistic regression analysis. Classification and regression tree analysis identified the age as the most predictive variable to exclude potentially chronic infection in apparently healthy seropositive veterinarians. In conclusion, livestock veterinarians practicing in Southern Belgium are highly exposed to Q fever, a neglected zoonosis for which serological and medical examinations should be envisaged in at risk groups.
DOI
10.1111/tbed.12465
WOS
WOS:000400161300030
Archivio
http://hdl.handle.net/11390/1146534
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85018681456
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/editors.asp?ref=1865-1674&site=1
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Soggetti
  • Coxiella burnetii

  • Q fever

  • risk factor

  • seroprevalence

  • Southern Belgium

  • veterinarian

  • Animal

  • Antibodies, Bacterial...

  • Belgium

  • Coxiella burnetii

  • Cross-Sectional Studi...

  • Human

  • Livestock

  • Q Fever

  • Risk Factor

  • Seroepidemiologic Stu...

  • Surveys and Questionn...

  • Zoonose

  • Occupational Exposure...

  • Veterinarian

  • Immunology and Microb...

  • Veterinary (all)

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