title: Additional human Q-fever studies on the Cape Verde Islands--2nd report.
abstract: The MAR-test results including titer levels of 1:4 and higher revealed 92% positive reactions in the district of Santa Cruz/Santiago and 77% positive reactions in 6 villages of Santo Antao. The submitted examinations prove the agent Coxiella burnetti's existence responsible for different clinical pictures observed on the Cape Verde Islands.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, University of Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brosch
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miorini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buchrieser
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Buchrieser
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sixl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000276:immunology*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001266:Atlantic Islands; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003381:Coxiella / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D011778:Q Fever / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral