Rainfall and Sloth Births in May, Q Fever in July, Cayenne, French Guiana

被引：9
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作者：
Eldin, Carole [1 ]
Mahamat, Aba [2 ]
Djossou, Felix [2 ]
Raoult, Didier [1 ]
机构：
[1] Aix Marseille Univ, URMITE UMR 7278, IRD 198, Marseille, France
[2] Cayenne Gen Hosp, Dept Infect Dis, Cayenne, French Guiana
来源：
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | 2015年 / 92卷 / 05期
关键词：
3-TOED SLOTH; RESERVOIR; BRADYPUS;
D O I：
10.4269/ajtmh.14-0751
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
Q fever in French Guiana is correlated with the rainy season. We found a 1- to 2-month lagged correlation between Q fever incidence and the number of births of three-toed sloth. This result strengthens the hypothesis that the three-toed sloth is the wild reservoir of Q fever in French Guiana.
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页码：979 / 981
页数：3
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