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Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii seropositivity and shedding in farm, pet and feral cats and associated risk factors in farm cats in Quebec, Canada
| العنوان: | Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii seropositivity and shedding in farm, pet and feral cats and associated risk factors in farm cats in Quebec, Canada |
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| المؤلفون: | Cyr, J., Turcotte, Marie-Ève, Desrosiers, A., Bélanger, Denise, Harel, Josée, Tremblay, Donald, Leboeuf, Anne, Gagnon, Carl A., Côté, J.-C., Arsenault, Julie |
| المساهمون: | Université de Montréal. Faculté de médecine vétérinaire |
| بيانات النشر: | Cambridge University Press |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | Université de Montréal (UdeM): Papyrus |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Cats, Coxiella burnetii, Prevalence, Risk factors |
| الوصف: | Cats represent a potential source of Coxiella burnetii, the aetiological agent of Q fever in humans. The prevalence and risk factors of C. burnetii infection in farm, pet and feral cats were studied in Quebec, Canada, using a cross-sectional study. Serum samples were tested using a specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the presence of antibodies against C. burnetii, whereas rectal swabs were assayed using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) for the molecular detection of the bacteria. Potential risk factors for farm cats were investigated using clinical examinations, questionnaires and results from a concurrent study on C. burnetii farm status. A total of 184 cats were tested: 59 from ruminant farms, 73 pets and 52 feral cats. Among farm cats, 2/59 (3.4%) were ELISA-positive, 3/59 (5.1%) were ELISA-doubtful and 1/59 (1.7%) was qPCR-positive. All pets and feral cats were negative to C. burnetii ELISA and qPCR. Farm cat positivity was associated with a positive C. burnetii status on the ruminant farm (prevalence ratio = 7.6, P = 0.03). Our results suggest that although pet and feral cats do not seem to pose a great C. burnetii risk to public health, more active care should be taken when in contact with cats from ruminant farms. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://hdl.handle.net/1866/24979 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0950268821000364 |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/1866/24979 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268821000364 |
| Rights: | Ce document est mis à disposition selon les termes de la Licence Creative Commons Paternité 4.0 International. / This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.fr |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.90D55EB4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0950268821000364 |
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