Table 2 Detection of C. burnetii DNA in tick (questing and fed) and animal samples and antibody detection in animal sera
From: The prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in ticks and animals in Slovenia
Region | Goriška | Notranjsko-kraška | Pomurska | Podravska | Obalno-kraška | Gorenjska | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location | Čiginj | Volče | Dolenja vas | Mačkovci | Maribor | Senožeče | Vremščica | Žirovnica | |
The number of ticks pools positive for C. burnetii/ total number of ticks sampled from vegetation | 1/65 (1.52%) | 0/44 (0%) | 0/149 (0%) | 0/93 (0%) | 0/1 (0%) | 1/17 (5.10%) | 1/80 (1.24%) | 1/52 (1.90%) | 4/501 (0.79%) |
The number of ticks with positive for C. burnetii/ total number of ticks sampled from animals | – | 3/29 (10.3%) | 1/4 (25%) | – | – | 0/6 (0%) | 1/4 (25%) | – | 5/43 (11.6%) |
Adjacent farm animals | sheep | sheep | sheep | cattle | cattle | sheep | sheep | cattle | |
The number of animal blood samples with detected C. burnetii/ total number of animal blood samples | 5/20 (25%) | 1/20 (5%) | 0/20 (0%) | 2/21 (9.5%) | 0/10 (0%) | 2/20 (10%) | 2/20 (10%) | 2/19 (10.5%) | 14/150 (9.3%) |
The number of animal blood samples with detected antibodies against C. burnetii/ total number of animal blood samples | 4/20 (20%) | 4/20 (20%) | 12/20 (60%) | 18/21 (85.7%) | 5/10 (50%) | 5/20 (25%) | 12/20 (60%) | 1/19 (5.2%) | 61/150 (40.4%) |
The number of ticks positive for C. burnetii/ total number of ticks sampled from deer | 0/24 (0%) | 2/10 (20%) | 0/33 (0%) | 2/33 (6%) | 4/35 (11.4%) | 0/22 (0%) | 8/157 (5.09%) | ||