Volume 19, Number 12—December 2013
Letter
Q Fever Surveillance in Ruminants, Thailand, 2012
Samuel L. Yingst
, Pattarin Opaschaitat, Reka Kanitpun, Suree Thammasart, Monaya Ekgatat, Vimol Jirathanawat, and Preecha Wongwicharn
, Pattarin Opaschaitat, Reka Kanitpun, Suree Thammasart, Monaya Ekgatat, Vimol Jirathanawat, and Preecha Wongwicharn
Table
PCR results for Q fever surveillance in ruminants, Thailand, 2012
| Province (no. sites) |
Animal |
No. cases |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive |
Negative |
Suspected |
||
| Chaiyapum (13) | Beef cattle | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Chaiyapum (3) | Dairy cattle | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Chaiyapum (1) | Goat | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chiang Mai (1) | Buffalo | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kalasin (1) | Goat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Khon Kaen (8) | Beef cattle | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Khon Kaen (2) | Buffalo | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Maha Sarakham (1) | Goat | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Nakon Pathom (9) | Goat | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Nakon Ratchasima (1) | Beef cattle | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nakon Ratchasima (17) | Dairy cattle | 20 | 30 | 0 |
| Nakon Ratchasima (3) | Goat | 15 | 13 | 0 |
| Prachuap Kiri Khan (9) | Dairy cattle | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Ratchaburi (2) | Goat | 1 | 9 | 0 |
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