@article{Goginashvili_Donduashvili_Osiashvili_Arner_Malania_2017, title={Seroprevalence of zoonotic diseases among farm animals in Kvemo Kartli (Georgia)}, volume={9}, url={https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/7753}, DOI={10.5210/ojphi.v9i1.7753}, abstractNote={<div style="left: 79.2px; top: 295.467px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.08071);" data-canvas-width="56.124933333333345">Objective</div><div style="left: 92.4px; top: 308.624px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04737);" data-canvas-width="334.2687333333333">The purpose of this research was to study the seroprevalence of</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 323.291px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04283);" data-canvas-width="347.4709333333333">zoonotic diseases among farm animals in the Kvemo Kartli region</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 337.957px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00513);" data-canvas-width="56.77320000000001">of Georgia.</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 365.867px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.11702);" data-canvas-width="72.71806666666667">Introduction</div><div style="left: 92.4px; top: 379.024px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.991026);" data-canvas-width="335.09901333333335">Zoonotic diseases are an important cause of human morbidity</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 393.691px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.962141);" data-canvas-width="347.1243599999999">and mortality; around 75% of recently emerging human infectious</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 408.357px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.987586);" data-canvas-width="345.86896666666667">diseases are zoonoses. Herein we report the first seroprevalence study</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 423.024px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00189);" data-canvas-width="346.28659999999996">to include a range of emerging or re-emerging zoonotic pathogens of</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 437.691px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02112);" data-canvas-width="154.92077333333336">economic concern (including:</div><div style="left: 234.078px; top: 437.691px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03828);" data-canvas-width="192.30706000000006">Bacillus anthracis, Coxiella burnetii,</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 452.357px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.07575);" data-canvas-width="58.717999999999996">Francisella</div><div style="left: 137.943px; top: 452.357px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.929029);" data-canvas-width="33.46053333333333">spp.,</div><div style="left: 171.415px; top: 452.357px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04075);" data-canvas-width="43.8328">Brucella</div><div style="left: 215.264px; top: 452.357px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.981053);" data-canvas-width="211.74384000000006">spp., and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 467.024px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.998043);" data-canvas-width="346.1544533333335">fever virus (CCHFV)) affecting domestic animals (e.g., cattle, sheep,</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 481.691px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.003);" data-canvas-width="130.8750666666667">goat, and dog) in Georgia.</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 509.6px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.07219);" data-canvas-width="51.25046666666667">Methods</div><div style="left: 92.4px; top: 522.757px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.08425);" data-canvas-width="339.98345333333344">Cattle (n=177) from Gardabani, Marneuli, and Tsalka</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 537.424px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.914861);" data-canvas-width="344.7806266666668">(Kvemo Kartli region) were sampled for the study as were small ruminants</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 552.091px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.972631);" data-canvas-width="94.65316666666665">and dogs (n=30).</div><div style="left: 173.795px; top: 552.091px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02301);" data-canvas-width="146.64914000000002">Bacillus anthracis, Brucella</div><div style="left: 320.389px; top: 552.091px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.97544);" data-canvas-width="106.79445333333335">spp., CCHFV, and</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 566.757px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.993119);" data-canvas-width="52.88360000000001">C. burnetii</div><div style="left: 132.099px; top: 566.757px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.973956);" data-canvas-width="233.37600000000003">(Phase I) were detected using ELISA methods.</div><div style="left: 365.523px; top: 566.757px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03947);" data-canvas-width="59.977133333333335">Francisella</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 581.424px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01957);" data-canvas-width="48.63371333333334">tularensis</div><div style="left: 127.823px; top: 581.424px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.982769);" data-canvas-width="294.5686333333333">was detected using a microscopic agglutination test (MAT).</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 609.334px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.08418);" data-canvas-width="45.02960000000001">Results</div><div style="left: 92.4px; top: 622.491px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02144);" data-canvas-width="219.48938000000004">Of the cattle sampled, 11 were positive for</div><div style="left: 311.899px; top: 622.491px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.06078);" data-canvas-width="63.5052">F. tularensis</div><div style="left: 375.405px; top: 622.491px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02974);" data-canvas-width="50.577266666666674">, 39 were</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 637.157px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.98324);" data-canvas-width="59.14186666666668">positive for</div><div style="left: 138.327px; top: 637.157px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01707);" data-canvas-width="42.835466666666676">Brucella</div><div style="left: 181.141px; top: 637.157px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.979244);" data-canvas-width="166.24300000000002">spp., and seven were positive for</div><div style="left: 347.359px; top: 637.157px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00319);" data-canvas-width="53.41966666666667">C. burnetii</div><div style="left: 400.76px; top: 637.157px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.961192);" data-canvas-width="24.27010666666667">. All</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 651.824px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.990283);" data-canvas-width="345.87270666666683">samples were negative for CCHFV. Three goat samples were positive</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 666.491px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0011);" data-canvas-width="17.6528">for</div><div style="left: 96.3754px; top: 666.491px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00576);" data-canvas-width="53.55679999999999">C. burnetii</div><div style="left: 149.904px; top: 666.491px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.982821);" data-canvas-width="275.23906666666653">, one goat sample and one dog sample were positive for</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 681.157px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.05286);" data-canvas-width="63.031466666666674">F. tularensis</div><div style="left: 142.227px; top: 681.157px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif;">.</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 709.067px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.1018);" data-canvas-width="74.81246666666668">Conclusions</div><div style="left: 92.4px; top: 722.224px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.972592);" data-canvas-width="334.8796000000004">Domestic animals serve as a source of disease that can spread</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 736.891px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.961456);" data-canvas-width="347.51830666666694">to humans through vectors or direct contact. In Georgia, domestic</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 751.557px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.975827);" data-canvas-width="345.8004000000001">animals were not previously studied for exposure to zoonotic diseases,</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 766.224px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.967109);" data-canvas-width="347.7078000000001">with the exception of cattle, which were surveyed for brucellosis.</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 780.891px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.991455);" data-canvas-width="151.39519999999996">In particular, the finding of</div><div style="left: 230.635px; top: 780.891px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.05698);" data-canvas-width="66.57200000000002">F. tularensis</div><div style="left: 297.236px; top: 780.891px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.985427);" data-canvas-width="130.14202666666665">seropositive animals is</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 795.557px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00466);" data-canvas-width="346.4237333333332">novel in Georgia, as this region was considered free of the pathogen.</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 810.224px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02706);" data-canvas-width="347.2477799999999">Screening studies of domestic/farm animals for zoonotic pathogens</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 824.891px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04429);" data-canvas-width="347.29640000000006">such as this can serve as a source of baseline data for regional risk</div><div style="left: 79.2px; top: 839.557px; font-size: 12.4667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00158);" data-canvas-width="275.60059999999993">assessments and to better inform One Health measures.</div>}, number={1}, journal={Online Journal of Public Health Informatics}, author={Goginashvili, K. and Donduashvili, M. and Osiashvili, Gaga and Arner, Ryan and Malania, Lile}, year={2017}, month={May} }