@article{fdi:010063707,
  title = {{C}oxiella burnetii-positive {PCR} in febrile patients in rural and urban {A}frica},
  author = {{A}ngelakis, {E}. and {M}ediannikov, {O}leg and {S}ocolovschi, {C}. and {M}ouffok, {N}. and {B}assene, {H}. and {T}all, {A}. and {N}iangaly, {H}. and {D}oumbo, {O}. and {Z}nazen, {A}. and {S}arih, {M}. and {S}okhna, {C}heikh and {R}aoult, {D}idier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{O}bjectives: {Q} fever has been reported throughout the {A}frican continent. {T}he objective of this study was to detect the presence of {C}oxiella burnetii in febrile patients from {A}frica. {M}ethods: {B}lood samples from febrile and non-febrile patients from six {A}frican countries and from {F}rance were investigated retrospectively for {Q} fever infection by molecular assays targeting the {IS}1111 and {IS}30{A} spacers. {R}esults: {W}e tested 1888 febrile patients from {S}enegal, {M}ali, {T}unisia, {A}lgeria, {G}abon, and {M}orocco and found one male adult patient (0.3%) infected with {C}. burnetii in {A}lgeria and six positive patients (0.5%) in {S}enegal. {F}or one patient from {S}enegal we determined that the infection was caused by {C}. burnetii genotype 35. {I}n {S}enegal, more patients were infected with {C}. burnetii in {K}eur {M}omar {S}arr (p = 0.002) than in the other locations. {B}lood samples taken from 500 (51% males) non-febrile people from {S}enegal and {F}rance were all negative. {C}onclusions: {T}he installation of point-of-care laboratories in rural {A}frica can be a very effective tool for studying the epidemiology of many infectious diseases.},
  keywords = {{Q} fever ; {A}frica ; {C}oxiella burnetii ; {G}enotype ; {M}ulti-spacer sequence typing ; {SENEGAL} ; {MALI} ; {ALGERIE} ; {GABON} ; {MAROC}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{I}nternational {J}ournal of {I}nfectious {D}iseases},
  volume = {28},
  numero = {},
  pages = {107--110},
  ISSN = {1201-9712},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ijid.2014.05.029},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063707},
}