Serological Evidence of Coxiella burnetii Infection in Cattle and Goats in Bangladesh

Najmul Haider; Md Shafiqur Rahman; Salah Uddin Khan; Andrea Mikolon; Muzaffor G. Osmani; Emily S. Gurley; Ireen Sultana Shanta; Suman Kumer Paul; Laura Macfarlane-Berry; Ariful Islam; Ausraful Islam; James Desmond; Jonathan H. Epstein; Rachael A. Priestley; Gilbert J. Kersh; Mohammed Ziaur Rahman; Peter Daszak; Stephen P. Luby; Robert F. Massung; Nord Zeidner

doi:10.1007/s10393-015-1011-x

Serological Evidence of Coxiella burnetii Infection in Cattle and Goats in Bangladesh

Najmul Haider, Md Shafiqur Rahman, Salah Uddin Khan, Andrea Mikolon, Muzaffor G. Osmani, Emily S. Gurley, Ireen Sultana Shanta, Suman Kumer Paul, Laura Macfarlane-Berry, Ariful Islam, Ausraful Islam, James Desmond, Jonathan H. Epstein, Rachael A. Priestley, Gilbert J. Kersh, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Peter Daszak, Stephen P. Luby, Robert F. Massung, Nord Zeidner

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	354-358
Number of pages	5
Journal	EcoHealth
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-015-1011-x
State	Published - Jun 29 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bangladesh
C. burnetii
Q fever
cattle
goat
seroprevalence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Haider, N., Rahman, M. S., Khan, S. U., Mikolon, A., Osmani, M. G., Gurley, E. S., Shanta, I. S., Paul, S. K., Macfarlane-Berry, L., Islam, A., Islam, A., Desmond, J., Epstein, J. H., Priestley, R. A., Kersh, G. J., Rahman, M. Z., Daszak, P., Luby, S. P., Massung, R. F., & Zeidner, N. (2015). Serological Evidence of Coxiella burnetii Infection in Cattle and Goats in Bangladesh. EcoHealth, 12(2), 354-358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-015-1011-x

Haider, N, Rahman, MS, Khan, SU, Mikolon, A, Osmani, MG, Gurley, ES, Shanta, IS, Paul, SK, Macfarlane-Berry, L, Islam, A, Islam, A, Desmond, J, Epstein, JH, Priestley, RA, Kersh, GJ, Rahman, MZ, Daszak, P, Luby, SP, Massung, RF & Zeidner, N 2015, 'Serological Evidence of Coxiella burnetii Infection in Cattle and Goats in Bangladesh', EcoHealth, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 354-358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-015-1011-x

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