Rickettsial Seroepidemiology among farm workers, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
High seroprevalence rates for Anaplasma phagocytophilum (8.8%), Coxiella burnetii (6.4%), Bartonella henselae (9.6%), and Rickettsia typhi (4.1%) in 365 farm workers near Tianjin, People's Republic of China, suggest that human infections with these zoonotic bacteria are frequent and largely unrecognized. Demographic features of seropositive persons suggest distinct epidemiology, ecology, and risks.
Zhang
Lijuan
L
National Institute of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China. zhanglijuan@icdc.cn
Shan
Ailan
A
Mathew
Bobby
B
Yin
Jieying
J
Fu
Xiuping
X
Zhang
Jingshan
J
Lu
Jie
J
Xu
Jianguo
J
Dumler
J Stephen
JS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000383:Agriculture; D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000276:immunology; D016917:Angiomatosis, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000276:immunology; D018469:Ehrlichia chaffeensis / Q000276:immunology; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D012286:Rickettsia typhi / Q000276:immunology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014437:Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial