Prevalence and risk factors for Q fever, spotted fever group rickettsioses, and typhus group rickettsioses in a pastoralist community of northern Tanzania, 2016-2017.
Ganga S MoorthyMatthew P RubachMichael J MazeRegina P RefuerzoGabriel Mkilema ShirimaAbdulHamid S LukambagireRebecca F BodenhamShama Cash-GoldwasserKate M ThomasPhiloteus SakasakaNestory MkendaThomas R BowhayJamie L PerniciaroWilliam L NicholsonGilbert J KershRudovick R KazwalaBlandina Theophil MmbagaJoram J BuzaVenance P MaroDaniel T HaydonJohn A CrumpJo E B HallidayPublished in: Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH (2024)
Acute Q fever and SFG rickettsioses were detected in participants with febrile illness. Exposures to C. burnetii and to SFG Rickettsia were highly prevalent, and interactions with livestock were associated with increased odds of illness with both pathogens. Further characterisation of the burden and risks for these diseases is warranted.