Serological Evidence that the Q Fever Agent (<i>Coxiella burnetii</i>) Has Spread Widely among Dairy Cattle of Japan

• YOSHIIE Kiyotaka

  Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University

• ODA Hiroshi

  Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University

• NAGANO Naoyuki

  Nagano Veterinary Hospital

• MATAYOSHI Seiken

  Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University

抄録

Serological examination of bovine and human sera for antibodies against Coxiella burnetii was carried out by the immunofluorescence technique. Twenty to 30% of the cows examined were antibody-positive. Sera from two veterinarians also had antibody against C. burnetii. These results suggest an increase in the number of infected cows with C. burnetii in Japan since 1954, and also imply the possibility of the prevalence of acute Q fever in the human population, which had been underestimated and undiagnosed for the last three decades.

収録刊行物

• MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY

  MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY 35 (7), 577-581, 1991

  Center For Academic Publications Japan

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• NII論文ID: 130003483796
• ISSN: 03855600
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