Rickettsial Seroepidemiology among farm workers, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 938 - 940
• Main Authors: Zhang, Lijuan, Shan, Ailan, Mathew, Bobby, Yin, Jieying, Fu, Xiuping, Zhang, Jingshan, Lu, Jie, Xu, Jianguo, Dumler, J Stephen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-06-2008; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Agricultural laborers; Agriculture; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Anaplasma phagocytophilum - immunology; Angiomatosis, Bacillary - epidemiology; Angiomatosis, Bacillary - immunology; Angiomatosis, Bacillary - microbiology; Antibodies, Bacterial - blood; Bartonella henselae; Bartonella henselae - immunology; Child; China - epidemiology; Coxiella burnetii; Coxiella burnetii - immunology; Dispatch; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Ehrlichia chaffeensis - immunology; Ehrlichiosis - epidemiology; Ehrlichiosis - microbiology; Female; Health aspects; Humans; Infection; Male; Middle Aged; Q Fever - epidemiology; Q Fever - immunology; Q Fever - microbiology; Rickettsia typhi; Rickettsia typhi - immunology; Seroepidemiologic Studies; seroprevalence; Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne - epidemiology; China
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid1406.071502

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.