Seroprevalence of Q fever among human and animal in Iran; A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Q fever is a main zoonotic disease around the world. The aim of this meta-analysis was to estimate the overall seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii among human and animal population in Iran.

Methods

Major national and international databases were searched from 2005 up to August 2016. We extracted the prevalence of Q fever antibodies (IgG) as the main primary outcome. We reported the prevalence of the seropositivity as point and 95% confidence intervals.

Results

The overall seroprevalence of IgG phase I and II antibodies of Q fever in human was 19.80% (95% CI: 16.35-23.25%) and 32.86% (95% CI: 23.80-41.92%), respectively. The herd and individual prevalence of C. burnetii antibody in goat were 93.42% (95% CI: 80.23-100.00) and 31.97% (95% CI: 20.96-42.98%), re

SUBMITTER: Mohabbati Mobarez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5398711 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature