High prevalence of Q fever among patients clinically diagnosed with brucellosis in a Kenyan pastoralist community

Esther Lemarkoko, Esther Lemarkoko, Pauline Gitonga, Pauline Gitonga, Stanley Kang’ethe, Aggrey Keya, Luciano Wairungu, Ryan Musasia, Brian Ogoti, Brian Ogoti, Richard Bowen

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DOI: 10.3389/fepid.2026.1824266
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Container: Frontiers in Epidemiology
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@article{allodium:10.3389/fepid.2026.1824266,
  title = {High prevalence of Q fever among patients clinically diagnosed with brucellosis in a Kenyan pastoralist community},
  author = {Esther Lemarkoko and Esther Lemarkoko and Pauline Gitonga and Pauline Gitonga and Stanley Kang’ethe and Aggrey Keya and Luciano Wairungu and Ryan Musasia and Brian Ogoti and Brian Ogoti and Richard Bowen},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Frontiers in Epidemiology},
  doi = {10.3389/fepid.2026.1824266},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fepid.2026.1824266}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - High prevalence of Q fever among patients clinically diagnosed with brucellosis in a Kenyan pastoralist community
AU  - Esther Lemarkoko
AU  - Esther Lemarkoko
AU  - Pauline Gitonga
AU  - Pauline Gitonga
AU  - Stanley Kang’ethe
AU  - Aggrey Keya
AU  - Luciano Wairungu
AU  - Ryan Musasia
AU  - Brian Ogoti
AU  - Brian Ogoti
AU  - Richard Bowen
PY  - 2026
JO  - Frontiers in Epidemiology
DO  - 10.3389/fepid.2026.1824266
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Lemarkoko, E., Lemarkoko, E., Gitonga, P., Gitonga, P., Kang’ethe, S., Keya, A., Wairungu, L., Musasia, R., Ogoti, B., Ogoti, B., & Bowen, R. (2026). High prevalence of Q fever among patients clinically diagnosed with brucellosis in a Kenyan pastoralist community. Frontiers in Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fepid.2026.1824266

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