Prevalence of antibodies to Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) in bulk tank milk in England and Wales.
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.
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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
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G