Seroepidemiology of Q fever among cats in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
The indirect microimmunofluorescence test was used to determine the presence of antibodies to phase I and phase II Coxiella burnetii antigens in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island cats. Twenty of 104 (19.2%) New Brunswick cats tested had antibodies to phase II antigen; five of these (4.8%) also had antibodies to phase I antigen. Six of 97 (6.2%) Prince Edward Island cats tested had antibodies to phase I and phase II antigens. Our data suggest that cats may be important in the epidemiology of Q fever in these provinces.
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Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002415:Cats; D003381:Coxiella / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009509:New Brunswick / Q000453:epidemiology; D011325:Prince Edward Island / Q000453:epidemiology; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial