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Epelboin L, Chesnais C, Boullé C, Drogoul A-S, Raoult D, Djossou F, Mahamat A, 2012. Q fever pneumonia in French Guiana: prevalence, risk factors, and prognostic score. Clin Infect Dis Off Publ Infect Dis Soc Am 55: 67–74.
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Eldin C, Mahamat A, Demar M, Abboud P, Djossou F, Raoult D, 2014. Q fever in French Guiana. Am J Trop Med Hyg 91: 771–776.
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Gardon J, Héraud JM, Laventure S, Ladam A, Capot P, Fouquet E, Favre J, Weber S, Hommel D, Hulin A, Couratte Y, Talarmin A, 2001. Suburban transmission of Q fever in French Guiana: evidence of a wild reservoir. J Infect Dis 184: 278–284.
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Tissot-Dupont H, Amadei M-A, Nezri M, Raoult D, 2004. Wind in November, Q fever in December. Emerg Infect Dis 10: 1264–1269.
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Davoust B, Marié J-L, Pommier de Santi V, Berenger J-M, Edouard S, Raoult D, 2014. Three-toed sloth as putative reservoir of Coxiella burnetii, Cayenne, French Guiana. Emerg Infect Dis 20: 1760–1761.
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Taube E, Keravec J, Vié J-C, Duplantier J-M, 2001. Reproductive biology and postnatal development in sloths, Bradypus and Choloepus: review with original data from the field (French Guiana) and from captivity. Mammal Rev 31: 173–188.
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Mahamat A, Dussart P, Bouix A, Carvalho L, Eltges F, Matheus S, Miller MA, Quenel P, Viboud C, 2013. Climatic drivers of seasonal influenza epidemics in French Guiana, 2006–2010. J Infect 67: 141–147.
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Peres MA, Benetti EJ, Milazzotto MP, Visintin JA, Miglino MA, Assumpção MEOA, 2008. Collection and evaluation of semen from the three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus). Tissue Cell 40: 325–331.
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Punda-Polić V, Luksić B, Capkun V, 2008. Epidemiological features of Mediterranean spotted fever, murine typhus, and Q fever in Split-Dalmatia County (Croatia), 1982–2002. Epidemiol Infect 136: 972–979.
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Hellenbrand W, Breuer T, Petersen L, 2001. Changing epidemiology of Q fever in Germany, 1947–1999. Emerg Infect Dis 7: 789–796.
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Harris P, Eales KM, Squires R, Govan B, Norton R, 2013. Acute Q fever in northern Queensland: variation in incidence related to rainfall and geographical location. Epidemiol Infect 141: 1034–1038.
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Rainfall and Sloth Births in May, Q Fever in July, Cayenne, French Guiana
Carole Eldin
Carole Eldin
URMITE, UMR CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095 Faculté de Médecine 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France; Unité de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, 2, rue des Flamboyants, BP 6006-97306 Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana
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Aba Mahamat
Aba Mahamat
URMITE, UMR CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095 Faculté de Médecine 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France; Unité de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, 2, rue des Flamboyants, BP 6006-97306 Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana
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Felix Djossou
Felix Djossou
URMITE, UMR CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095 Faculté de Médecine 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France; Unité de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, 2, rue des Flamboyants, BP 6006-97306 Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana
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Didier Raoult
Didier Raoult
URMITE, UMR CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095 Faculté de Médecine 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France; Unité de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, 2, rue des Flamboyants, BP 6006-97306 Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana
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Q fever in French Guiana is correlated with the rainy season. We found a 1- to 2-month lagged correlation between Q fever incidence and the number of births of three-toed sloth. This result strengthens the hypothesis that the three-toed sloth is the wild reservoir of Q fever in French Guiana.
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Authors' addresses: Carole Eldin and Dider Raoult, Aix Marseille Université, URMITE UMR 7278, IRD 198, Marseille, France, E-mails: carole.eldin@gmail.com and didier.raoult@gmail.com. Aba Mahamat and Felix Djossou, Department of Infectious Diseases, Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana, E-mails: mahamataba@gmail.com and felix.djossou@ch-cayenne.fr.
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Epelboin L, Chesnais C, Boullé C, Drogoul A-S, Raoult D, Djossou F, Mahamat A, 2012. Q fever pneumonia in French Guiana: prevalence, risk factors, and prognostic score. Clin Infect Dis Off Publ Infect Dis Soc Am 55: 67–74.
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2.
Eldin C, Mahamat A, Demar M, Abboud P, Djossou F, Raoult D, 2014. Q fever in French Guiana. Am J Trop Med Hyg 91: 771–776.
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3.
Gardon J, Héraud JM, Laventure S, Ladam A, Capot P, Fouquet E, Favre J, Weber S, Hommel D, Hulin A, Couratte Y, Talarmin A, 2001. Suburban transmission of Q fever in French Guiana: evidence of a wild reservoir. J Infect Dis 184: 278–284.
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4.
Tissot-Dupont H, Amadei M-A, Nezri M, Raoult D, 2004. Wind in November, Q fever in December. Emerg Infect Dis 10: 1264–1269.
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5.
Davoust B, Marié J-L, Pommier de Santi V, Berenger J-M, Edouard S, Raoult D, 2014. Three-toed sloth as putative reservoir of Coxiella burnetii, Cayenne, French Guiana. Emerg Infect Dis 20: 1760–1761.
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6.
Taube E, Keravec J, Vié J-C, Duplantier J-M, 2001. Reproductive biology and postnatal development in sloths, Bradypus and Choloepus: review with original data from the field (French Guiana) and from captivity. Mammal Rev 31: 173–188.
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7.
Mahamat A, Dussart P, Bouix A, Carvalho L, Eltges F, Matheus S, Miller MA, Quenel P, Viboud C, 2013. Climatic drivers of seasonal influenza epidemics in French Guiana, 2006–2010. J Infect 67: 141–147.
-
8.
Peres MA, Benetti EJ, Milazzotto MP, Visintin JA, Miglino MA, Assumpção MEOA, 2008. Collection and evaluation of semen from the three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus). Tissue Cell 40: 325–331.
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9.
Punda-Polić V, Luksić B, Capkun V, 2008. Epidemiological features of Mediterranean spotted fever, murine typhus, and Q fever in Split-Dalmatia County (Croatia), 1982–2002. Epidemiol Infect 136: 972–979.
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10.
Hellenbrand W, Breuer T, Petersen L, 2001. Changing epidemiology of Q fever in Germany, 1947–1999. Emerg Infect Dis 7: 789–796.
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11.
Harris P, Eales KM, Squires R, Govan B, Norton R, 2013. Acute Q fever in northern Queensland: variation in incidence related to rainfall and geographical location. Epidemiol Infect 141: 1034–1038.
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