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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 07 1995, 496-498, Vol 2, No. 4
Copyright © 1995 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Seroepidemiologic study of three zoonoses (leptospirosis, Q fever, and tularemia) among trappers in Quebec, Canada

B Levesque, G De Serres, R Higgins, MA D'Halewyn, H Artsob, J Grondin, M Major, M Garvie and B Duval
Centre de Sante publique de Quebec, Ste-Foy, Canada.

This study was undertaken to evaluate the prevalence of antibodies against Francisella tularensis, Coxiella burnetii, and certain serovars of Leptospira interrogans among trappers in Quebec, Canada. Muskrat trapping was identified as a risk factor for F. tularensis infection, whereas having a cat at home apparently protected trappers against infection by L. interrogans. High percentages of control sera were positive for antibodies against C. burnetii (15%) and L. interrogans (5%), most frequently serovar bratislava. This is the first report of human infection by serovar bratislava in North America.

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