et al. Serology in chronic Q fever is still surrounded by question marks. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2014; 33:1089-1090.Wegdam-Blans MC, Tjhie HT, Korbeeck JM, Nabuurs-Franssen MN, Kampschreur LM, Sprong T, et al. Serology in chronic Q fever is still surrounded by question ...
The current paradigm for Q fever serology is that serum from acute Q fever patients has higher phase II titers relative to phase I, while serum from chronic patients has higher phase I titers relative to phase II. Indeed, the CSTE 2009 case definition for Q fever requires the phase I titer...
The serological diagnosis of acute Q fever has several drawbacks: Taking this into account, microbiologists confronted to the Dutch outbreak evaluated, IFA and ELISA, complement fixation test and PCR. PCR has been used to detect C. burnetii DNA to have an early diagnosis of acute Q fever befo...
this can only be done for employees with both a negativeq-fever skin test and a negative q-fever serology result. as well,women must not be pregnant or lactating. vaccination ofskin-test-positive or serology-positive individuals may lead to severe local and/orsystemic reactions. safety of the...
The indirect immunofluorescence antibody test is currently the method of choice for Q-fever laboratory diagnosis. It permits the detection of IgG-, IgM-, and IgA-specific antibodies against the two phases of Coxiella burnetii. Sera from 20 cases of C. burnetii infection have been examined. Only...
Molecular Detection of Coxiella burnetii in the Sera of Patients with Q Fever Endocarditis or Vascular Infection In the absence of a specific diagnosis based on serology, chronic Q fever is inevitably fatal. However, diagnosis is often delayed because the test is not ... F Fenollar,PE Fournier...
Q fever serology: cutoff determination for microimmunofluorescence Clin Diagn Lab Immunol, 1 (1994), pp. 189-196 CrossrefView in ScopusGoogle Scholar [31] A. Alvarado-Navarro, M. Montoya-Buelna, J.F. Muñoz-Valle, R.I. López-Roa, C. Guillén-Vargas, M. Fafutis-Morris The 3'UTR 11...
Serologic testing confirmed the diagnosis of Q fever. We asked local health departments in Germany to identiy notified Q fever patients who had visited the farmers market. To investigate risk factors for infection we conducted a case control study (cases were Q fever patients, controls were ...
Q fever is the illness in man due to infection with the microorganism Coxiella burnetii. It is a zoonosis and its epidemiology is closely linked to the animal reservoirs of the causative microorganism, C. burnetii. Important elements of the epidemiology
Coverage calculation addressed people actually screened by a pre-vaccination Q fever skin test and serology (coverage) and patients referred by their general practitioners (adjusted-coverage) in the 2011 campaign. Results Our prevalence estimate of any risk-condition was 3.1% (lower-upper limits 2.9...