title: 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.
abstract: 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%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasukazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: Kikuto
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hukuta
authors.forename: Sayaka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Masatake
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagahata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: Chiharu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G