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The 90s marked the return of this bacterial infection.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">B. quintana<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection in the homeless was reported in the literature with a high incidence in these populations worldwide. This upsurge of cases justified this study for a better understanding of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">B. quintana<\/jats:italic>\n                      infections.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the seroprevalence of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">B. quintana<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection by using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines to collect scientific papers from PubMed and Google Scholar based on combining keywords.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The review included 45 articles published from April 1996 to March 2020 with 84 subpopulations of 21 countries from 4 continents; among them, 61 subpopulations had a positive rate from 0.2% to 65%. These subpopulations were divided into four main groups: homeless people, healthy people, blood donors, and symptoms\/diseases. Homeless people were the main target of this infection, and three factors related to susceptibility were homeless period, age, and alcoholism. 6\/11, 12\/20, and 32\/41 subpopulations of healthy people, blood donors, symptoms\/diseases, respectively, had a positive percentage. However, factors of exposure in these three groups were not mentioned. Other reservoirs, vectors, and transmitted routes were identified to partially explain the worldwide spread of the infection, and it is important to have more further investigations to identify potential risk factors. This will help to limit contamination and prevent effectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This serological overview indicated the importance of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">B. quintana<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection that has emerged in multiple regions, touched worldwide populations.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/jgid.jgid_220_21","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,12]],"date-time":"2022-04-12T06:58:21Z","timestamp":1649746701000},"page":"50-56","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Seroprevalence of Bartonella quintana 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