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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 49(5), 1993, pp. 613-615
Copyright © 1993 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Seroepidemiology of Coxiella Burnetii Among Wildlife in Nova Scotia

Thomas J. Marrie, Juan Embil AND Linda Yates
Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Dalhousie University, and the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

We used an indirect immunofluorescence assay to determine antibody titers to phase I and phase II Coxiella burnetii antigens in serum samples from a variety of wild animals in Nova Scotia. Forty-nine percent of the hares, 16.5% of the moose, 7.1% of the raccoons, and 1.5% of the white-tailed deer tested had antibodies to phase I antigen. We conclude that there is extensive infection of the hare population by C. burnetii, with lesser degrees of infection of the moose, raccoon, and deer population.






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