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Rickettsial Seroepidemiology among farm workers, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.


ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2600283 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Rickettsial Seroepidemiology among farm workers, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.

Zhang Lijuan L   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  

Emerging infectious diseases 20080601 6


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. ...[more]

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