First serological evidence of Coxiella burnetii exposure in domestic ruminants in Somalia: Implications for one health surveillance.
The recent serological detection of Coxiella burnetii exposure in Somali livestock (12.6% seroprevalence among 372 ruminants) is an important addition to the limited epidemiological evidence on zoonotic disease ecology in the Horn of Africa. This finding, combined with prior molecular evidence of a novel C. burnetii ge...