Serosurveillance of <i>Coxiella burnetii</i> in feral swine populations of Hawaiʻi and Texas identifies overlap with human Q fever incidence-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Serosurveillance of Coxiella burnetii in feral swine populations of Hawaiʻi and Texas identifies overlap with human Q fever incidence

Published:2024-08-27 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

McMillan Ian A.¹^ORCID,Norris Michael H.²,Golon Samuel J.³,Franckowiak Gregory A.⁴,Grinolds James M.⁴,Goldstein Samuel M.⁵,Phelps Darrin M.⁵,Bodenchuk Michael J.⁶,Leland Bruce R.⁶,Bowen Richard A.⁷,Brown Vienna R.⁴,Borlee Bradley R.³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA

2. Pathogen Analysis and Translational Health Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA

3. Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

4. US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Feral Swine Damage Management Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

5. US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA

6. US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, San Antonio, Texas, USA

7. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Abstract

ABSTRACT Feral swine are invasive in the United States and a reservoir for infectious diseases. The increase in feral swine population and the geographic range are a concern for the spread of zoonotic diseases to humans and livestock. Feral swine could contribute to the spread of Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of human Q fever. In this study, we characterized the seroprevalence of C. burnetii in feral swine populations of Hawaiʻi and Texas, which have low and high rates of human Q fever, respectively. Seropositivity rates were as high as 0.19% and 6.03% in Hawaiʻi and Texas, respectively, indicating that feral swine cannot be ruled out as a potential reservoir for disease transmission and spread. In Texas, we identified the overlap between seropositivity of feral swine and human Q fever incidence. These results indicate that there is a potentially low but detectable risk of C. burnetii exposure associated with feral swine populations in Hawaiʻi and Texas.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/jcm.00780-24

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