Table 1 Presence of antibodies against Coxiella burnetii among pregnant women in 10 municipalities within the province of Noord Brabant, the Netherlands, from June 2007 to July 2008
Municipality | Pregnant women tested | IgG I and IgG II ≥1:64 (%) | IgM II and IgG II ≥1:64 or IgM II ≥1:64 (%) | Births in 20071 | Q fever incidence in 20082 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oss | 579 | 7 | (1.2) | 21 | (3.6) | 779 | 175 |
Uden | 306 | 6 | (2.0) | 8 | (2.6) | 458 | 234 |
Veghel | 293 | 3 | (1.0) | 5 | (1.7) | 377 | 38 |
Bernheze | 240 | 1 | (0.4) | 15 | (6.3) | 326 | 344 |
Boekel | 70 | 1 | (1.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 127 | 10 |
Landerd | 60 | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (6.7) | 122 | 791 |
Lith | 37 | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (8.1) | 57 | 342 |
Maasdonk | 31 | 1 | (3.2) | 0 | (0.0) | 107 | 337 |
Sint-Oedenrode | 15 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 151 | 23 |
Schijndel | 15 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 219 | 17 |
Total | 1646 | 19 | (1.1) | 56 | (3.4) | 2723 | 200 |