Table-4.

The prevalence of anti-C. burnetii antibodies by ELISA in patients in hospitals in the Assiut district.

Case report	No. of samples	No. of +ve ELISA	H1	H2	H3
Fever	46	25 54.3%	9/16 56.3%	10/20 50%	6/10 60%
Flu	23	7 30.4%	2/5 40%	4/14 28.6%	1/4 25%
Kidney dialysis	8	3 37.5%	1/3 33.3%	2/3 66.7%	0/2 0%
IHCV	27	21 77.8%	6/8 75%	10/12 83.3%	5/7 71.4%
IHBV	16	10 62.5%	3/6 50%	5/7 71.4%	2/3 66.7%
Total	120	66 55%	21/38 55.3%	31/56 55.4%	14/26 53.8%

IHCV =Infectious hepatitis C virus, IHBV=Infectious hepatitis B virus, H1= Hospital 1, H2= Hospital 2, H3=Hospital 3. ELISA=Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, C. burnetii=Coxiella burnetii