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Volume 5, Issue 2 (Suppl)
J Infect Dis Ther 2017
ISSN: 2332-0877, JIDT an open access journal
Infection Congress 2017
May 11-12, 2017
May 11-12, 2017 Barcelona, Spain
4
th
International Congress on
Infectious Diseases
Naser Shahbi Nejad et al., J Infect Dis Ther 2017, 5:2 (Suppl)
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2332-0877-C1-024First molecular confirmation of acute Q fever in Iran
Naser Shahbi Nejad
1
, Mohammad Khalili
1
, Hamid Reza Naderi
2
and
Nasim Salehnia
2
1
Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran
2
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
T
here are limited data on the aetiology of acute undifferentiated febrile illnesses (AUFIs) in Iran. Moreover,
Coxiella burnetii
has
not previously been detected in clinical samples in this country. Previous studies have highlighted the importance of considering
C. burnetii
as a cause of AUFI. In this retrospective study, in 92 cases of AUFI where Q fever was suspected,
C. burnetii
DNA was
detected in seven samples (7.36%) using a nested trans-PCR. This is the first molecular confirmation of
C. burnetii
from clinical
samples from Iran.
Biography
Naser Shahbi Nejad has expertise in “Diagnosis of emerging infectious diseases in southeast Iran. This approach is responsive to all searches to find Q fever
cases in Iran.
naser.shahabinejad@gmail.com