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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2018

Management of Coxiella burnetii infection in livestock populations and the associated zoonotic risk: A consensus statement.

Paul J Plummer, J Trenton McClure, Paula Menzies, Paul S Morley, René Van den Brom, David C Van Metre

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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Paul J PlummerDepartment of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine and the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5784-8382
J Trenton McClureDpeartment of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward, Canada.
Paula MenziesDepartment Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Paul S MorleyDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
René Van den BromGD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands.
David C Van MetreDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Colorado School of Public Health · USColorado State University · USDe Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren · NLIowa State University · USUniversity of Guelph · CAUniversity of Prince Edward Island · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infections caused by Coxiella burnetii, commonly referred to as coxiellosis when occurring in animals and Query fever when occurring in humans, are an important cause of abortions, decreased reproductive efficiency, and subclinical infections in ruminants. The organism also represents an important zoonotic concern associated with its ability to aerosolize easily and its low infectious dose. Available diagnostic tests have limited sensitivity, which combined with the absence of treatment options in animals and limited approaches to prevention, result in difficulty managing this agent for optimal animal health and zoonotic disease outcomes. The purpose of this consensus statement is to provide veterinarians and public health officials with a summary of the available information regarding management of C. burnetii infection in livestock populations. A discussion of currently available testing options and their interpretation is provided, along with recommendations on management practices that can be implemented on-farm in the face of an outbreak to mitigate losses. Emphasis is placed on biosecurity measures that can be considered for minimizing the zoonotic transmission risk in both field and veterinary facilities.

Indexed as

Coxiella burnetiiLivestockZoonosesAnimalsDisease OutbreaksPublic Health AdministrationQ FeverRisk FactorsabortionCoxiella burnetiicoxiellosisQ feversheddingzoonotic

Identifiers

PMID30084178
PMCPMC6189356
OpenAlexW2885722389

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