The epidemic of Q fever in 2018 to 2019 in Zhuhai city of China determined by metagenomic next-generation sequencing.
Q fever is a worldwide zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii (Cb). From January 2018 to November 2019, plasma samples from 2,382 patients with acute fever of unknown cause at a hospital in Zhuhai city of China were tested using metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS). Of those tested, 138 patie...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6116394d9bc7435c9e5eafd60bed6791 2023-05-15T15:11:26+02:00 The epidemic of Q fever in 2018 to 2019 in Zhuhai city of China determined by metagenomic next-generation sequencing. Mingxing Huang Jinmin Ma Jun Jiao Chunna Li Luan Chen Zhongyi Zhu Feng Ruan Li Xing Xinchun Zheng Mengjiao Fu Binyin Ma Chongjie Gan Yuanchen Mao Chongnan Zhang Ping Sun Xi Liu Ziliang Lin Lu Chen Zhiyu Lu Dongsheng Zhou Bohai Wen Weijun Chen Xiaolu Xiong Jinyu Xia 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009520 https://doaj.org/article/6116394d9bc7435c9e5eafd60bed6791 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009520 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009520 https://doaj.org/article/6116394d9bc7435c9e5eafd60bed6791 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 7, p e0009520 (2021) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009520 2022-12-31T11:28:55Z Q fever is a worldwide zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii (Cb). From January 2018 to November 2019, plasma samples from 2,382 patients with acute fever of unknown cause at a hospital in Zhuhai city of China were tested using metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS). Of those tested, 138 patients (5.8%) were diagnosed with Q fever based on the presence of Cb genomic DNA detected by mNGS. Among these, 78 cases (56.5%) presented from Nov 2018 to Mar 2019, suggesting an outbreak of Q fever. 55 cases with detailed clinical information that occurred during the outbreak period were used for further analysis. The vast majority of plasma samples from those Cb-mNGS-positive patients were positive in a Cb-specific quantitative polymerase chain reaction (n = 38) and/or indirect immunofluorescence assay (n = 26). Mobile phone tracing data was used to define the area of infection during the outbreak. This suggested the probable infection source was Cb-infected goats and cattle at the only official authorized slaughterhouse in Zhuhai city. Phylogenic analysis based on genomic sequences indicated Cb strains identified in the patients, goat and cattle were formed a single branch, most closely related to the genomic group of Cb dominated by strains isolated from goats. Our study demonstrates Q fever was epidemic in 2018-2019 in Zhuhai city, and this is the first confirmed epidemic of Q fever in a contemporary city in China. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15 7 e0009520 |
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Mingxing Huang Jinmin Ma Jun Jiao Chunna Li Luan Chen Zhongyi Zhu Feng Ruan Li Xing Xinchun Zheng Mengjiao Fu Binyin Ma Chongjie Gan Yuanchen Mao Chongnan Zhang Ping Sun Xi Liu Ziliang Lin Lu Chen Zhiyu Lu Dongsheng Zhou Bohai Wen Weijun Chen Xiaolu Xiong Jinyu Xia The epidemic of Q fever in 2018 to 2019 in Zhuhai city of China determined by metagenomic next-generation sequencing. |
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Q fever is a worldwide zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii (Cb). From January 2018 to November 2019, plasma samples from 2,382 patients with acute fever of unknown cause at a hospital in Zhuhai city of China were tested using metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS). Of those tested, 138 patients (5.8%) were diagnosed with Q fever based on the presence of Cb genomic DNA detected by mNGS. Among these, 78 cases (56.5%) presented from Nov 2018 to Mar 2019, suggesting an outbreak of Q fever. 55 cases with detailed clinical information that occurred during the outbreak period were used for further analysis. The vast majority of plasma samples from those Cb-mNGS-positive patients were positive in a Cb-specific quantitative polymerase chain reaction (n = 38) and/or indirect immunofluorescence assay (n = 26). Mobile phone tracing data was used to define the area of infection during the outbreak. This suggested the probable infection source was Cb-infected goats and cattle at the only official authorized slaughterhouse in Zhuhai city. Phylogenic analysis based on genomic sequences indicated Cb strains identified in the patients, goat and cattle were formed a single branch, most closely related to the genomic group of Cb dominated by strains isolated from goats. Our study demonstrates Q fever was epidemic in 2018-2019 in Zhuhai city, and this is the first confirmed epidemic of Q fever in a contemporary city in China. |
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Mingxing Huang Jinmin Ma Jun Jiao Chunna Li Luan Chen Zhongyi Zhu Feng Ruan Li Xing Xinchun Zheng Mengjiao Fu Binyin Ma Chongjie Gan Yuanchen Mao Chongnan Zhang Ping Sun Xi Liu Ziliang Lin Lu Chen Zhiyu Lu Dongsheng Zhou Bohai Wen Weijun Chen Xiaolu Xiong Jinyu Xia |
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The epidemic of Q fever in 2018 to 2019 in Zhuhai city of China determined by metagenomic next-generation sequencing. |
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The epidemic of Q fever in 2018 to 2019 in Zhuhai city of China determined by metagenomic next-generation sequencing. |
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The epidemic of Q fever in 2018 to 2019 in Zhuhai city of China determined by metagenomic next-generation sequencing. |
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The epidemic of Q fever in 2018 to 2019 in Zhuhai city of China determined by metagenomic next-generation sequencing. |
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The epidemic of Q fever in 2018 to 2019 in Zhuhai city of China determined by metagenomic next-generation sequencing. |
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