@article{PAR00010104,
  title = {{T}he correlation of {Q} fever and {C}oxiella burnetii {DNA} in household environments in rural {S}enegal},
  author = {{R}atmanov, {P}avel and {B}assene, {H}. and {F}enollar, {F}. and {T}all, {A}. and {S}okhna, {C}heikh and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {M}ediannikov, {O}leg},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}uring 2008-2011, we tested 874 blood samples from febrile patients who had a fever >37.5 degrees {C}, and 207 surface samples in households for {C}oxiella burnetii {DNA} in two rural {S}enegalese villages ({D}ielmo and {N}diop). {F}isher's exact test and {S}pearman's correlation coefficient were used for statistical analysis. {W}e identified four blood samples as positive for {C}oxiella burnetii {DNA}. {T}he prevalence of {Q} fever in all tested samples was 0.46% in the two villages. {C}. burnetii {DNA} was also found in 7.5% of the dust samples in {N}diop, and in 0.9% in {D}ielmo; the prevalence in households was 22.6% in {N}diop and 2.6% in {D}ielmo. {I}n {N}diop we found a weak correlation between positive environmental samples and the occurrence of the disease. {O}ur findings show an association of environmental {C}. burnetii with human {Q} fever cases in a recently identified endemic area in rural {S}enegal.},
  keywords = {{C}oxiella burnetii ; {E}pidemiology ; {PCR} ; {Q} fever ; {SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{V}ector-{B}orne and {Z}oonotic {D}iseases},
  volume = {13},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {70--72},
  ISSN = {1530-3667},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1089/vbz.2012.1060},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00010104},
}