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ArticleTropical animal health and production2022

Pilot serosurvey of Coxiella burnetii in domesticated small ruminants in the United Arab Emirates.

Robert Barigye, Nabeeha Abdelgaleel D Hassan, Ibrahim M Abdalla-Alfaki, Hamda Khalfan Khamis Al Alawi, Afra Mohammed Balhayema Aldhaheri, Fatma Mohammed Ghanim, Maryam Ali Sumail Alkhateri, Nouf Saeed Ali Alalawi, Mohamed Elfatih H Mohamed, Khaja Mohteshamuddin

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Article in Tropical animal health and production, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2026
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  3. Molecular detection ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert BarigyeDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, P.O Box 15551, Al Ain, UAE. rbarigye@uaeu.ac.ae.
Nabeeha Abdelgaleel D HassanDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, P.O Box 15551, Al Ain, UAE.
Ibrahim M Abdalla-AlfakiDepartment of Data Analytics in the Digital Era, College of Business and Economics, United Arab Emirates University, P.O Box 15551, Al Ain, UAE.
Hamda Khalfan Khamis Al AlawiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, P.O Box 15551, Al Ain, UAE.
Afra Mohammed Balhayema AldhaheriDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, P.O Box 15551, Al Ain, UAE.
Fatma Mohammed GhanimDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, P.O Box 15551, Al Ain, UAE.
Maryam Ali Sumail AlkhateriDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, P.O Box 15551, Al Ain, UAE.
Nouf Saeed Ali AlalawiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, P.O Box 15551, Al Ain, UAE.
Mohamed Elfatih H MohamedDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, P.O Box 15551, Al Ain, UAE.
Khaja MohteshamuddinDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, P.O Box 15551, Al Ain, UAE.
United Arab Emirates University · AE

Funding

United Arab Emirates University 31F099
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii in goats and sheep in the UAE was evaluated by ELISA testing of 437 small ruminant sera samples from livestock farms (LivF) and 478 from the Al Ain livestock market (AALM), and the data from the pilot serosurvey were analyzed using the z-test of two proportions and Fisher's method. The overall proportion of C. burnetii-seropositive goats of 32.1% was significantly higher than 24.7% for seropositive sheep (p < 0.05). On the other hand, the difference in the proportions of C. burnetii-seropositive sheep from the LivF (27.9%) and AALM (21.7%) was not statistically significant (p > 0.05). By comparison, the proportion of C. burnetii-seropositive goats from LivFs was 31.6% compared to 32.5% for the goats from the AALM (p > 0.05). In addition, there was variability in the proportions of C. burnetii-seropositive goats and sheep from the different Emirates, but none of differences was statistically significant (p > 0.05). These data provide the first evidence of apparent C. burnetii infections in goat and sheep herds in the UAE with seropositivity rate that is significantly higher in goats than sheep. The epidemiology and animal and public health implications of this pathogen need to be thoroughly evaluated in the UAE.

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Coxiella burnetiiAnimalsGoatsRuminantsSeroepidemiologic StudiesSheepUnited Arab EmiratesCoxiella burnetiiGoatSheepUAE

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