Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2008)

Rickettsial Seroepidemiology among Farm Workers, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

  • Jingshan Zhang,
  • Ailan Shan,
  • Bobby Mathew,
  • Jieying Yin,
  • Xiuping Fu,
  • Lijuan Zhang,
  • Jie Lu,
  • Jianguo Xu,
  • J. Stephen Dumler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.071502
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 6
pp. 938 – 940

Abstract

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High seroprevalence rates for Anaplasma phagocytophilum (8.8%), Coxiella burnetii (6.4%), Bartonella henselae (9.6%), and Rickettsia typhi (4.1%) in 365 farm workers near Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, suggest that human infections with these zoonotic bacteria are frequent and largely unrecognized. Demographic features of seropositive persons suggest distinct epidemiology, ecology, and risks.

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