Survey of laboratory animal technicians in the United States for coxiella burnetii antibodies and exploration of risk factors for exposure

Agriculture & Biology

• animal technicians 100%
• animal care 92%
• Coxiella burnetii 87%
• technicians 80%
• risk factors 63%
• laboratory animals 59%
• Q fever 45%
• seroprevalence 43%
• antibodies 42%
• research facilities 22%
• goats 19%
• sampling 17%
• enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay 13%
• sheep 11%
• animal wastes 10%
• cattle breeding 10%
• occupational exposure 10%
• waste management 10%
• cattle 9%
• education programs 9%
• physicians 8%
• endpoints 8%
• infection 8%
• beef cattle 8%
• livestock 6%
• gender 4%
• assays 4%