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Volume 22, Number 12—December 2016
Dispatch

Detection and Genotyping of Coxiella burnetii in Pigs, South Korea, 2014–2015

Min-Goo Seo, In-Ohk Ouh, Seung-Hun Lee, and Dongmi KwakComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, South Korea (M.-G. Seo, I.-O. Ouh, S.-H. Lee); Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea (M.-G. Seo, S.-H. Lee, D. Kwak); Kyungpook National University Cardiovascular Research Institute, Daegu (D. Kwak)

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Table

Assay determinations of Coxiella burnetii prevalence among different types of pigs reared in Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, 2014–2015

Assay No. positive pigs/no. total* % Pigs positive (95% CI)
ELISA
Breeding pigs
Farms 29/101 28.7 (19.9–37.5)
Pigs 66/637 10.4 (8.0–12.7)
Fattening pigs
Farms 3/108 2.8 (0–5.9)
Pigs 4/393 1.0 (0.1–2.0)
Subtotal
Farms 32/209 15.3 (10.4–20.2)
Pigs
70/1,030
6.8 (5.3–8.3)
IFA
Breeding pigs
Phase-1 antigens 46/637 7.2 (5.2–9.2)
Phase-2 antigens 48/637 7.5 (5.5–9.6)
Phase-1 or -2 antigens 49/637 7.7 (5.6–9.8)
Fattening pigs
Phase-1 antigens 4/393 1.0 (0–2.0)
Phase-2 antigens 4/393 1.0 (0–2.0)
Phase-1 or -2 antigens 4/393 1.0 (0.1–2.0)
Subtotal
Phase-1 antigens 50/1,030 4.9 (3.5–6.2)
Phase-2 antigens 52/1,030 5.0 (3.7–6.4)
Phase-1 or -2 antigens
53/1,030
5.2 (3.8–6.5)
PCR
Breed type
Breeding pigs 3/645 0.5 (0–1.0)
Fattening pigs 0/479 0
Sample type
Blood 2/1,030 0.2 (0–0.5)
Tissue 1/94 1.1 (0–3.1)
Subtotal 3/1,124 0.3 (0–0.6)

*Bold indicates significantly different (p<0.05) compared with fattening pigs.

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