Volume 11, Number 8—August 2005
Letter
Q Fever and the US Military
Alicia D. Anderson*
, Bonnie Smoak*, Eric Shuping†, Christopher Ockenhouse*, and Bruno Petruccelli‡
, Bonnie Smoak*, Eric Shuping†, Christopher Ockenhouse*, and Bruno Petruccelli‡Table
Postdeployment serum antibody titers to phase II antigen for Q fever in 8 US military personnel who served in Iraq, March 1–August 20, 2003*
| Patient | IgG | IgM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:1,024 | Negative |
| 2 | 1:128 | Negative |
| 3 | >1:1,024 | 1:512 |
| 4 | 1:256 | 1:256 |
| 5 | 1:512 | >1:1,024 |
| 6 | 1:512 | 1:512 |
| 7 | 1:64 | 1:64 |
| 8 | >1:1,024 | >1:1,024 |
*All predeployment titers were negative for immunoglobulin (Ig) G and IgM.
