학술논문
Q Fever in Unexplained Febrile Illness in Northern Algeria.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*Q fever
*COXIELLA burnetii
*COMMUNICABLE diseases
*SEROLOGY
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Language
ISSN
2036-7481
Abstract
Our study aimed at assessing the role of Coxiella burnetii in nonspecific febrile illness at the National Center of Infectious Diseases in Algeria, EL-HADI FLICI Hospital. Seventy patients were included and compared to seventy controls without any ongoing infection. Coxiella burnetii infection was investigated using IFA serology and qPCR. Serology was positive in 3 of 70 patients (4.30%), including 1 in whom PCR was also positive (1.42%). All three patients reported frequent contact with ruminants. These results suggest that C. burnetii is an agent of nonspecific febrile illness in Algeria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]