TY - JOUR AU - Head, Jennifer AU - Bumburidi, Yekaterina AU - Mirzabekova, Gulfaira AU - Rakhimov, Kumysbek AU - Dzhumankulov, Marat AU - Salyer, Stephanie AU - Knust, Barbara AU - Berezovskiy, Dmitriy AU - Kulatayeva, Mariyakul AU - Zhetibaev, Serik AU - Shoemaker, Trevor AU - Nicholson, William AU - Moffett, Daphne T1 - Risk Factors for and Seroprevalence of Tickborne Zoonotic Diseases among Livestock Owners, Kazakhstan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 1 SP - 70 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), Q fever, and Lyme disease are endemic to southern Kazakhstan, but population-based serosurveys are lacking. We assessed risk factors and seroprevalence of these zoonoses and conducted surveys for CCHF-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices in the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan. Weighted seroprevalence for CCHF among all participants was 1.2%, increasing to 3.4% in villages with a known history of CCHF circulation. Weighted seroprevalence was 2.4% for Lyme disease and 1.3% for Q fever. We found evidence of CCHF virus circulation in areas not known to harbor the virus. We noted that activities that put persons at high risk for zoonotic or tickborne disease also were risk factors for seropositivity. However, recognition of the role of livestock in disease transmission and use of personal protective equipment when performing high-risk activities were low among participants. KW - Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever KW - Q fever KW - Lyme disease KW - Coxiella burnetii KW - Borrelia burgdorferi KW - Tickborne KW - zoonosis KW - One Health KW - livestock KW - Kazakhstan KW - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever KW - tickborne infections KW - vector-borne infections KW - zoonoses KW - bacteria KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2601.190220 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/1/19-0220_article ER - End of Reference