Coxiella burnetii Infection Among Blood Donors From Baden‐Wuerttemberg Province and Hesse Province, Germany: A Multicentre Cross‐Sectional Serological Study
Larissa Dangel, Daniela Hummel, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, Mirko Faber, Kai Hourfar, Brockmann Stefan, Martin Eichner, Silke F. Fischer · 2026
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Larissa Dangel and co-authors published a journal article in 2026 on past infection with Coxiella burnetii, the bacterium causing Q fever, among blood donors in two German states. Q fever is underreported in Europe, and no general population figures existed for Germany. Over 5,000 donors with no known past infection were screened for antibodies.
A total of 153 donors, 2.96 percent, tested positive for antibodies against the bacterium. Living place, animal contact, and animal-related jobs each raised risk. In high-risk jobs, younger age groups showed higher prevalence than older ones, a reversed age pattern. The authors present donors as a stand-in for a normal, non-risk population and call the hidden infection burden notable.
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| CREATOR | Larissa Dangel, Daniela Hummel, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, Mirko Faber, Kai Hourfar, Brockmann Stefan, Martin Eichner, Silke F. Fischer |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29794 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |