[Comparative value of complement fixation and indirect immunofluorescence reactions for the detection of Q fever].
1 052 serum samples from 1 013 persons living in rural areas, were tested by IF and CF; with the IF-test, 4% of them were sero-positive (titer greater than or equal to: 20). IF-tests are eightfold more sensitive than CF tests and have at least the same specificity. The results of two (commercial) Coxiella burnetii phase II antigens were compared.
D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012698:Serologic Tests
Valeur comparée des réactions de fixation du complément et d'immunofluorescence indirecte pour le dépistage de la fièvre Q.