Table 2.
Q fever status of sera from sheep, goats and cattle collected during Q fever outbreaks, from apparently healthy herds or supplied by Friedrich–Loeffler Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (FLI) National Reference Laboratories (NRL).
| Sera from Sheep (Number of Locations) | Sera from Goats (Number of Locations) | Sera from Cattle (Number of Locations) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive for C. burnetii in commercial ELISA | 65 (6) | 20 (3) | 118 (8) |
| Q fever true positive | 62 (4) | 11 (2) | 43 (3) |
| Positive for other bacteria (tested for by respective NRL) | 0 | 0 | 4 (Chl. psittaci) (1) 7 (M. avium ssp. paratuberculosis) (1) 12 (Parachlamydia spp.) (1) |
| Suspicious for C. burnetii in commercial ELISA | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) |
| Negative for C. burnetii in commercial ELISA | 48 (10) | 82 (9) | 77 (13) |
| From healthy herds | 31 (6) | 68 (6) | 27 (2) |
| From serological positive herds | 4 (2) | 2 (1) | 17 (2) |
| Positive for other bacteria (tested for by respective NRL) | 4 (Chl. spp.) (1) | 10 (M. avium ssp. paratuberculosis) (1) 1 (Brucella spp.) (1) |
2 (Chl. pecorum) (1) 13 (Chl. psittaci) (3) 3 (M. avium ssp. paratuberculosis) (1) 13 (Parachlamydia spp.) (3) 2 (Brucella spp.) (1) |
| Total tested | 115 (13) | 104 (11) | 197 (16) |
| Excluded from analysis because of lowest/highest density in recombinant Com1-ELISA | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) |
| Total in analysis for immunodominance | 111 (13) | 100 (11) | 193 (16) |