Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants and numbers positive for acute Q fever among the febrile patients, Northeastern Kenya

Age Group (years)

 0–18

131 (12.3)

16

15

18

0

17 (13.0)

8.0–20.2

0.283

 18+

936 (87.7)

165

160

176

10

156 (16.7)

14.4–19.3

Total

1067 (100 %)

181 (17.0 %)

175 (16.4 %)

194 (18.2 %)

10 (2.2 %)

173 (16.2 %)

14.1–18.7

-

Gender

 Female

580 (54.4)

102

98

109

4

96 (16.6)

13.7–22.9

0.736

 Male

487 (45.6)

79

77

85

6

77 (15.8)

12.6–19.4

Occupation

 Herder

678 (63.5)

140

138

150

7

134 (19.8)

16.9–23.1

<0.001

 Civil servant

142 (13.3)

10

8

10

0

9 (6.3)

3.1–12.2

 General merchandise

74 (6.9)

8

7

9

0

6 (8.1)

3.3–17.4

 Livestock trader

59 (5.5)

15

14

16

2

15 (25.4)

15.4–38.7

 Student

62 (5.8)

4

5

5

0

5 (8.1)

3.0–18.5

 Others

52 (4.9)

4

3

4

1

4 (7.7)

2.5–19.4

Education Level

 None

661 (61.9)

129

132

141

7

130 (19.7)

16.8–22.9

<0.001

 Post-secondary

114 (10.7)

12

10

12

0

10 (8.8)

4.5–15.9

 Primary

206 (19.3)

36

29

37

2

30 (14.6)

10.2–20.3

 Secondary

86 (8.1)

4

4

4

1

3 (3.5)

1.1–9.8

Residence county

 Garissa

531 (49.7)

86

84

93

6

83 (15.6)

12.7–19.1

0.607

 Wajir

536 (50.3)

95

91

101

4

90 (16.8)

13.8–20.3

Ethnic groups

 Somali

963 (90.3)

173

167

188

8

165 (17.1)

14.8–19.7

0.004

 Others

104 (9.7)

8

8

6

2

8 (7.7)

3.6–15.4

Zoonosis knowledge

 Yes

448 (42.0)

62

61

67

2

58 (12.9)

10.0–16.5

 No

619 (58.0)

119

114

127

8

115 (18.6)

15.6–21.9

0.012

Q Fever knowledge

 Yes

5 (0.5)

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

 No

1062 (99.5)

181

175

194

10

173 (16.2)

14.1–18.7