2020
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-33782/v2
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Seroprevalence Of And Risk Factors For Q Fever In Dairy And Slaughterhouse Cattle Of Jimma Town, South Western Ethiopia

Abstract: Background Q fever is a zoonotic disease, caused by Gram negative bacterium C. burnetii, which imparts significant socio-economic burden due to production and reproductive loss (abortion, stillbirth, and infertility) in ruminants and debilitating clinical disease in human populations. While sheep and goats are considered the primary reservoirs of infection to humans, infection can also result from exposure to cattle. Recent studies indicate that in Ethiopia Q fever is a disease of growing public health intere… Show more

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