Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) prevalence in associated populations of humans and small ruminants in The Gambia

Jeroen Bok; Lenny Hogerwerf; Eveline A Germeraad; Hendrik I J Roest; Tisbeh Faye-Joof; Momodou Jeng; Davis Nwakanma; Arss Secka; Arjan Stegeman; Bart Goossens; Rita Wegmüller; Marianne A B van der Sande; Wim van der Hoek; Ousman Secka

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Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) prevalence in associated populations of humans and small ruminants in The Gambia

Jeroen Bok, Lenny Hogerwerf, Eveline A Germeraad, Hendrik I J Roest, Tisbeh Faye-Joof, Momodou Jeng, Davis Nwakanma, Arss Secka, Arjan Stegeman, Bart Goossens, Rita Wegmüller, Marianne A B van der Sande, Wim van der Hoek, Ousman Secka

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OBJECTIVES: To simultaneously estimate the prevalence of antibodies against Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) among adults and small ruminants, and C. burnetii shedding prevalence among small ruminants in households in the Kiang West district of The Gambia, and to assess associated risk factors.

METHODS: Sera of 599 adults and 615 small ruminants from 125 compounds within 12 villages were tested for antibodies against C. burnetii using ELISA. Vaginal swabs and milk samples of 155 small ruminants were tested using PCR to investigate shedding of C. burnetii.

RESULTS: A total of 3.8-9.7% of adults, depending on ELISA test cut-off, and 24.9% of small ruminants in Kiang West were seropositive. Having at least one seropositive animal in one's compound was a risk factor for human seropositivity (OR: 3.35, 95% CI: 1.09-14.44). A grazing area within a village was a risk factor for seropositivity in small ruminants (OR: 2.07, 95% CI: 1.26-3.50); others were having lambed (OR: 2.75, 95% CI: 1.37-5.76) and older age of the animals (OR: 2.75, 95% CI: 1.37-5.76 for 1-3 years and OR 5.84, 95% CI: 3.10-11.64 for >3 years); 57.4% of sampled small ruminants were shedding C. burnetii.

CONCLUSION: Coxiella burnetii infection is endemic among both humans and small ruminants in this area of The Gambia. Human and animal exposure to C. burnetii were related at compound level. Further research into the clinical relevance of C. burnetii infection in West Africa is needed.

Original language	English
Journal	Tropical Medicine and International Health
Volume	22
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	323-331
Number of pages	9
ISSN	1360-2276
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12827
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animal Husbandry
Animals
Antibodies/blood
Bacterial Shedding
Coxiella burnetii/genetics
Endemic Diseases
Female
Gambia/epidemiology
Goats/microbiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Odds Ratio
Prevalence
Q Fever/epidemiology
Risk Factors
Sheep/microbiology
Young Adult
Zoonoses/microbiology

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Bok, J., Hogerwerf, L., Germeraad, E. A., Roest, H. I. J., Faye-Joof, T., Jeng, M., Nwakanma, D., Secka, A., Stegeman, A., Goossens, B., Wegmüller, R., van der Sande, M. A. B., van der Hoek, W., & Secka, O. (2017). Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) prevalence in associated populations of humans and small ruminants in The Gambia. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 22(3), 323-331. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12827

Bok, Jeroen ; Hogerwerf, Lenny ; Germeraad, Eveline A ; Roest, Hendrik I J ; Faye-Joof, Tisbeh ; Jeng, Momodou ; Nwakanma, Davis ; Secka, Arss ; Stegeman, Arjan ; Goossens, Bart ; Wegmüller, Rita ; van der Sande, Marianne A B ; van der Hoek, Wim ; Secka, Ousman. / Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) prevalence in associated populations of humans and small ruminants in The Gambia. In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2017 ; Vol. 22, No. 3. pp. 323-331.

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Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) prevalence in associated populations of humans and small ruminants in The Gambia. / Bok, Jeroen; Hogerwerf, Lenny; Germeraad, Eveline A; Roest, Hendrik I J; Faye-Joof, Tisbeh; Jeng, Momodou; Nwakanma, Davis; Secka, Arss; Stegeman, Arjan; Goossens, Bart; Wegmüller, Rita; van der Sande, Marianne A B; van der Hoek, Wim; Secka, Ousman.

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