title: Prevalence of antibodies to Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) in bulk tank milk in England and Wales.
abstract: In the United Kingdom, the infection of people with Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, is of significant public health importance and is associated with contact with dairy cattle. An ELISA was developed for the detection of IgG antibodies against C burnetii in bulk tank milk, and in a survey of randomly selected samples from dairy herds in England and Wales, 21 per cent showed serological evidence of C burnetii infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Paiba
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Morgan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011897:Random Allocation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G