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Volume 21, Number 12—December 2015
Dispatch

Association of Human Q Fever with Animal Husbandry, Taiwan, 2004–2012

Chung-Hsu Lai, Lin-Li Chang, Jiun-Nong Lin, Ming-Huei Liao, Shyh-Shyan Liu, Hsu-Hsun Lee, Hsi-Hsun Lin, and Yen-Hsu ChenComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (C.-H. Lai, L.-L. Chang, J.-N. Lin, Y.-H. Chen); E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City (C.-H. Lai, J.-N. Lin, H.-H. Lin); National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Neipu, Taiwan (M.-H. Liao, S.-S. Liu, H.-H. Lee); National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan (H.-H. Lin):; National Chiao Tung University, HsinChu, Taiwan (Y.-H, Chen)

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Q fever in cattle and goats and comparison with number of human Q fever cases, Taiwan, 2004–2012. A) Average number and distribution of cattle during 2004–2012; B) comparison of human Q fever cases and number of cattle showing no correlation (p = 0.123). C) Average number and distribution of goats during 2004–2012; D) comparison of human Q fever cases and the number of goats showing a significant correlation (p = 0.003). Arrows indicate goat pox epidemics of 2008 and 2010. The correlation betwee

Figure 2. Q fever in cattle and goats and comparison with number of human Q fever cases, Taiwan, 2004–2012. A) Average number and distribution of cattle during 2004–2012; B) comparison of human Q fever cases and number of cattle showing no correlation (p = 0.123). C) Average number and distribution of goats during 2004–2012; D) comparison of human Q fever cases and the number of goats showing a significant correlation (p = 0.003). Arrows indicate goat pox epidemics of 2008 and 2010. The correlation between human Q fever, cattle, and goat was analyzed by Pearson’s correlation.

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