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Seroprevalence and risk factors of Chlamydia abortus infection in free-ranging white yaks in China

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Title
Seroprevalence and risk factors of Chlamydia abortus infection in free-ranging white yaks in China
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BMC Veterinary Research, January 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12917-015-0323-y
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Si-Yuan Qin, Si-Yang Huang, Ming-Yang Yin, Qi-Dong Tan, Guang-Xue Liu, Dong-Hui Zhou, Xing-Quan Zhu, Ji-Zhang Zhou, Ai-Dong Qian

Abstract

Background Chlamydia is gram-negative obligate bacteria which causes a wide variety of diseases in humans and animals. To date, there are a few reports about the seroprevalence of Chlamydia and the risk factors associated with Chlamydia infection in yaks in the world. In this study, 974 blood samples were collected from white yaks (Bos grunniens) in Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, Gansu province, northwest China from June 2013 to April 2014.ResultsAntibodies against Chlamydia abortus were examined by the indirect hemagglutination (IHA) test, and 158 of 974 (16.22%) white yaks were seropositive for C. abortus antibodies at the cut-off of 1:16. The risk factors associated with seroprevalence were evaluated by a multivariate logistic regression analysis. Region, gender and age of white yak were left out of the final model, due to its insignificance in the logistic regression analysis (P¿>¿0.05). However, season was considered as a major risk factor associated with C. abortus infection in white yaks.ConclusionsTo our knowledge, this is the first survey of C. abortus seroprevalence in white yaks in China, which extends the host range for C. abortus and has important implications for public health and the local Tibetan economy.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 27%
Student > Master 2 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 13%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 7%
Researcher 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Unknown 4 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 5 33%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 13%
Unknown 5 33%
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