Table 2.

Serological results, and self-reported Q fever vaccination of, and Q fever disease in, wildlife rehabilitators participating in a Coxiella burnetii seroprevalence survey at the Australian Wildlife Rehabilitation Conference in Sydney in July 2018.

				Phase II C. burnetii antigens			Phase I C. burnetii antigens
Occupation	State of Residence	Year vaccinated	Year diagnosed	IgA	IgM	IgG	IgA	IgM	IgG
Persons with self-reported Q Fever disease
Veterinary nurse/teacher	VIC	-	1992	-	-	-	-	-	-
Beef cattle breeder	NSW	-	2000	-	-	1600	-	-	1600
Engineer	NSW	-	2017	100	-	400	-	-	200
Persons seropositive and therefore assumed to have been exposed to Coxiella burnetii (clinical or subclinical infection)
Wildlife rehabilitator	QLD	-	-	200	50	400	50	25	100
Retired teacher	NSW	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-
Veterinary nurse	NSW	-	-	-	-	50	-	-	25
Wildlife researcher/student	NSW	-	-	-	200	≥3200	-	-	100
Writer/editor	NSW	-	-	-	-	50	-	-	25
Veterinary nurse	QLD	-	-	50	-	50	-	-	-
Company director/farmer	WA	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	50
Persons reporting having received Q fever vaccination
Retired/ farmer /journalist	NSW	2013	-	-	-	50	-	-	50
Wildlife catcher/spotter	QLD	1998	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wildlife rehabilitator	QLD	1999	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Service	QLD	2005	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Home duties	NSW	2010	-	-	-	800	200	50	100
Wildlife catcher/spotter	QLD	2010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rescue officer	SA	2014	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Midwife	NSW	2015	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Veterinarian	NSW	2015	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Veterinary nurse/zookeeper	NSW	2015	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Veterinary nurse/admin Assistant	NSW	2016	-	-	25	-	-	50	50
Veterinary student	SA	2017	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Retired librarian	NSW	2017	-	-	-	50	-	-	100

Numbers correspond to reciprocal antibody titres; Dash (−) = reciprocal antibody titre <25.

VIC - Victoria, NSW - New South Wales, QLD - Queensland, WA - Western Australia, SA - South Australia,