SEROLOGICAL DETECTION OF COXIELLA BURNETII CHRONIC INFECTION- PHASE 1 IN SERUM OF HUMAN AND SHEEP AT AL-QADISIYAH PROVINCE, IRAQ

  • Mithal Kareem Abass Al-Hassani

Abstract

The present study was carried out to estimate the prevalence of chronic infections with C. burnetii in humans and sheep at different regions in Al-Qadisiyah province/Iraq, using specific-species enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits. An overall 366 blood samples, 182 human and 184 sheep, were collected aseptically during the period of February/2018 to November/2018. Total prevalence of C. burnetii phase-1 was 7.38% sero-positive samples that comprising 3.3% humans and 11.41% sheep. Regarding to residence factor, significant elevation (P<0.05) in sero-positive results among rural areas were recorded in both human (7.94%) and sheep (15%) samples. Data concerning to age factor were detected on significant increases (P<0.05) in sero-positive results of humans having an age of >30 years (3.42%), and in sheep having an age of >24 months (27.08%). Among sex factor, significant increases (P<0.05) in sero-positive prevalence of chronic infections were seen in samples of male human (6.56%) and female sheep (12.84%).

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Published
2019-05-15
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Kareem Abass Al-Hassani, M. (2019). SEROLOGICAL DETECTION OF COXIELLA BURNETII CHRONIC INFECTION- PHASE 1 IN SERUM OF HUMAN AND SHEEP AT AL-QADISIYAH PROVINCE, IRAQ. Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science, 24(1), 13 - 20. https://doi.org/10.29350/jops.2019.24.1.925
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