Seroepidemiologic survey of Coxiella burnetii and attempt to detect Coxiella DNA in aged non-laying chickens in a prefecture of Japan where poultry farming prospers.
The indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) revealed seropositivity to Coxiella burnetii in aged non-laying chickens in poultry farms in a prefecture in the central part of Japan. Seropositivity was 7%, and antibody titers ranged from 16 to 64. No DNA fragment specific for C. burnetii was detected in the chickens by nested-PCR. The prevalence of C. burnetii infection in a prefecture of Japan in which poultry farming prospers was 7%.
Muramatsu
Yasukazu
Y
Department of Veterinary Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.
Hukuta
Kikuto
K
Satoh
Sayaka
S
Muramatsu
Masatake
M
Nishimura
Masaaki
M
Nagahata
Hajime
H
Ueno
Hiroshi
H
Morita
Chiharu
C
Tamura
Yutaka
Y
D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D002645:Chickens / Q000097:blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007564:Japan; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G