SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF 3 ZOONOSES (LEPTOSPIROSIS, Q-FEVER, AND TULAREMIA) AMONG TRAPPERS IN QUEBEC, CANADA

Authors
LEVESQUE B DESERRES G HIGGINS R DHALEWYN MA ARTSOB H GRONDIN J MAJOR M GARVIE M DUVAL B
Citation
B. Levesque et al., SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF 3 ZOONOSES (LEPTOSPIROSIS, Q-FEVER, AND TULAREMIA) AMONG TRAPPERS IN QUEBEC, CANADA, Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology, 2(4), 1995, pp. 496-498
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases","Medical Laboratory Technology",Microbiology
Journal title
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology → ACNP
ISSN journal
1071412X
Volume
2
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
496 - 498
Database
ISI
SICI code
1071-412X(1995)2:4<496:SSO3Z(>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
This study was undertaken to evaluate the prevalence of antibodies aga inst Francisella tularensis, Coxiella burnetii, and certain serovars o f leptospira interrogans among trappers in Quebec, Canada Muskrat trap ping was identified as a risk factor for F. tularensis infection, wher eas having a cat at home apparently protected trappers against infecti on by L. interrogans. High percentages of control sera were positive f or antibodies against C. burnetii (15%) and L. interrogans (5%), most frequently serovar bratislava. This is the first report of human infec tion by serovar bratislava in North America.