Q fever serology in febrile patients in southeast Iran
| Autor: | Mehdi Golchin, Naser Shahabi-Nejad, Mohammad Ali Khalili |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Q fever Iran Biology Brucellosis Rickettsiaceae Serology Blood serum medicine Humans Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Coxiella burnetii Antibodies Bacterial Infectious Diseases Rickettsiosis Immunology Female Parasitology Q Fever Rickettsiales |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 104:623-624 |
| ISSN: | 0035-9203 |
| Popis: | There is little information on human Q fever in Iran and other Middle East countries. The aim of this study was to determine apparent Q fever seropositivity among febrile patients with suspected brucellosis in southeast Iran. Coxiella burnetii phases I and II specific IgG antibodies were measured by a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in sera from 75 febrile patients. Phase I antibodies were detected in 18 subjects (24%) and phase II antibodies in 27 subjects (36%). This is the first report of human Q fever seropositivity in Iran after 3 decades and demonstrated a high prevalence of C. burnetii exposure in the sampled febrile patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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