PRELIMINARY DATA ON SEROLOGICAL
INVESTIGATION TO Q FEVER,
LYME DISEASE AND ECHINOCOCCUS IN ALBANIA
Dhimitër Rapti1, Rezart Postoli1, Bejo Bizhga1,
Pëllumb Zalla1, Xhelil Koleci1, Rami Selmani2
1Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania
2Veterinary Chamber of Macedonia
xhimi@icc-al.org
The aim
of this study is to present the results on serological surveys of Lyme borreliosis, Q fever and echinococcus
infection in northern Albania.
In total we analyzed 200 sera blood samples collected from cattle, sheep
and goats, and X fecal samples from red foxes.
We used appropriate ELISA tests, commercially available to evaluate the
presence of anti-Borrelia IgG,
specific antibody against Coxiella burnetii, and coproantigen
for echinococcus.
In total 11.66% of sheep, 14.5% of goats and 6% of cattle had antibody
against Borrelia
sp; 13.3% of sheep, 17.7 % of goats and 4% of cattle had specific IgG against Coxiella burnetii, and 27% of fecal
red fox samples were positive to echinococcus.
As a conclusion, both two above bacterial zoonotic
diseases, and echinococcosis as an important
parasitic zoonosis are present in Albania.
They are a serious threat to public health, and may be largely
underestimated in Albania.
This paper includes the full results relating to Q fever and some recent,
unpublished data from our group concerning with Borreliozis
and echinococcus infections.
Key words: zoonosis; Q fever; Lyme borreliosis; ELISA tests; Echinococcus
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