SynthesisEpidemiology and health2022
The prevalence of Q fever in the Eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Pooled it
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Coxiellosis at the Human-Animal-Environment Interface in the South Asian Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Global and regional seroprevalence of coxiellosis in small ruminants: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Veterinary medicine and science · 2024Pooled it
- Seroprevalence of Q-fever among domestic ruminants, humans and ticks in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Veterinary and animal science · 2026Review
- Benchmarking Q fever transmission in czech republic and serbia: A one health sub-national population study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Seroprevalence of Q fever among humans and animals in East Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.One health outlook · 2026Review
- First report ofOpen veterinary journal · 2026Article
- Nationwide serological, molecular, and spatial assessment of Q fever in dromedary camels (Veterinary world · 2026Article
- Occurrence of viral and bacterial pathogens in South American camelids in representative German flocks.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Clinical features of Q fever vertebral osteomyelitis: case reports and literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Acute Q Fever Presenting with Severe Cholestatic Jaundice and Acute Kidney Injury in the Absence of Classic Exposure: A Rare Case Report.Clinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2026Article
- First Survey on the Seroprevalence ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- One health approach based descriptive study on Coxiella burnetii infections in camels and abattoir workers in the United Arab Emirates.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Acute Q Fever Among High-Risk Patients With Fever and Pneumonia Symptoms in Western Iran.Journal of tropical medicine · 2025Article
- Navigating Q fever: Current perspectives and challenges in outbreak preparedness.Open veterinary journal · 2024Review
- Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in tick and blood samples from small ruminants in northwest of Iran.Experimental & applied acarology · 2024Article
- Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Relationship between Reproductive Performance and the Presence of Antibodies against Coxiellosis in Dairy Farm Milk Tanks in the Northwest of Spain.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Zoonotic diseases transmitted from the camels.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesQ fever, caused by the bacterium, is a major zoonotic disease around the world. This disease is common in the Eastern Mediterranean region; therefore, we conducted the first systematic review and meta-analysis on its prevalence in humans, animals, and ticks in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
methodsMajor Iranian and international databases were searched from 2000 to 2021. We extracted the prevalence of Q fever in blood samples from animals and milk samples from animals, ticks, and humans as the main outcome. We reported the prevalence of seropositivity and molecular positivity as point estimates and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
resultsIn this review, 112 papers were identified. The overall seroprevalence of Q fever was 22.4% (95% CI, 19.8 to 25.1). The pooled prevalence of Q fever in ticks was 17.5% (95% CI, -1.3 to 36.4). The prevalence was 25.5% (95% CI, 16.1 to 34.9) in humans. The prevalence of Q fever in animal blood samples from goats, sheep, camels, cattle, cats, dogs, horses, and buffalo were 28.1%, 25.1%, 25.0%, 20.1%, 9.8%, 8.4%, 6.5%, and 6.3%, respectively. Furthermore, the prevalence of Q fever in milk samples of animals was higher in cattle (20.3%) than in sheep (20.0%), goats (16.4%), and camels (3.3%).
conclusionsCoxiella burnetii infections are common in humans and in a wide range of animal species, but they are still not recognized in many countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region, thus presenting a significant threat to human and animal health in the region.
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