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Antibodies against <jats:italic>C. burnetii<\/jats:italic> were detected in 30.9% (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 246) of archived patient sera and in 28.3% (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 463) of cattle, 32.0% (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 378) of goats, and 18.2% (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 159) of sheep surveyed. Four of 135 (3%) patients with acute lower respiratory illness showed seroconversion to <jats:italic>C. burnetii<\/jats:italic>. The pathogen was detected by polymerase chain reaction in specimens collected from three of six small ruminants that gave birth within the preceding 24 hours, and in five of 10 pools (50%) of <jats:italic>Haemaphysalis leachi<\/jats:italic> ticks collected from domestic dogs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.12-0169","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,5]],"date-time":"2013-02-05T02:41:57Z","timestamp":1360032117000},"page":"513-518","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":81,"title":["Coxiella burnetii in Humans, Domestic Ruminants, and Ticks in Rural Western Kenya"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"88","author":[{"given":"Darryn L.","family":"Knobel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alice N.","family":"Maina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sally J.","family":"Cutler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eric","family":"Ogola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel R.","family":"Feikin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Muthoni","family":"Junghae","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jo E. 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