Q fever is an old and neglected zoonotic disease in Kenya: a systematic review

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• 作者：J. Njeru ; K. Henning ; M. W. Pletz ; R. Heller ; H. Neubauer
• 关键词：Seroprevalence ; Epidemiology ; Coxiella burnetii ; Q fever ; Kenya
• 刊名：BMC Public Health
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：16
• 期：1
• 全文大小：895 KB
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Medicine/Public Health, general; Epidemiology; Environmental Health; Biostatistics; Vaccine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2458

文摘

Background Q fever is a neglected zoonosis caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. The knowledge of the epidemiology of Q fever in Kenya is limited with no attention to control and prevention programs. The purpose of this review is to understand the situation of Q fever in human and animal populations in Kenya in the past 60 years, and help identify future research priorities for the country.