2024
Comparison of test performance of a conventional PCR and two field-friendly tests to detect Coxiella burnetii DNA in ticks using Bayesian latent class analysis
Kamau M, Witte C, Goosen W, Mutinda M, Villinger J, Getange D, Khogali R, von Fricken M, Fèvre E, Zimmerman D, Linton Y, Miller M. Comparison of test performance of a conventional PCR and two field-friendly tests to detect Coxiella burnetii DNA in ticks using Bayesian latent class analysis. Frontiers In Veterinary Science 2024, 11: 1396714. PMID: 38962707, PMCID: PMC11220323, DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1396714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBayesian latent class analysisC. burnetii DNAEpidemiological roleHuman Q fever outbreakBayesian latent class analysis modelWild animalsDetect Coxiella burnetii DNADetect C. burnetii DNACoxiella burnetii DNAWild animal samplesPCR-HRMQ fever outbreakField-friendly techniquePositive ticksPCR high-resolution meltingTicksPCR-HRM assayZoonotic threatAnimal samplesWild animal habitatsQ feverHigh-resolution meltingMolecular techniquesCPCREstimate SE
2019
Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya - Volume 25, Number 11—November 2019 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Zimmerman DM, Hardgrove EH, von Fricken ME, Kamau J, Chai D, Mutura S, Kivali V, Hussein F, Ambala P, Surmat A, Maina JG, Knauf S. Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya - Volume 25, Number 11—November 2019 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2019, 25: 2147-2149. PMID: 31625860, PMCID: PMC6810213, DOI: 10.3201/eid2511.190716.Peer-Reviewed Original Research