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Volume 20, Number 3—March 2014
Research

Coxiella burnetii Seroprevalence and Risk for Humans on Dairy Cattle Farms, the Netherlands, 2010–2011

B. Schimmer1Comments to Author , N. Schotten1, E. van Engelen, J.L.A. Hautvast, P.M. Schneeberger, and Y.T.H.P. van Duijnhoven
Author affiliations: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands (B. Schimmer, N. Schotten, Y.T.H.P. van Duynhoven); Animal Health Service, Deventer, the Netherlands (E. van Engelen); Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (J.L.A. Hautvast); Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands (P.M. Schneeberger)

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Table 6

Multilevel analysis of farm-based characteristics as independent factors associated with Coxiella burnetii positivity among dairy cattle farm residents, the Netherlands, September 2010–March 2011*

Variable OR (95% CI)
No. cows on farm in 2008†
 1.0 (1.0–1.0)
Farm region
South 1.8 (1.2–2.8)
Other
 Reference
Beef cattle on farm
Yes 1.7 (1.0–2.8)
No
 Reference
Automatic milking
Yes 0.7 (0.4–1.0)
No
 Reference
Birds in stable
Yes 2.0 (1.1–3.8)
No
 Reference
Use of by-product feedstuffs
Yes 1.4 (1.0–2.0)
No Reference

*The analysis included the primary farm-based characteristics associated with positivity (p<0.10 in likelihood ratio test). The number of observations was 716; the number of levels used was 309 (quasi-likelihood under the independence model criterion 832.88). OR, odds ratio.
†Risk increased per cow.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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