A Comparison of Tests for Detecting Prior Exposure to Coxiella burnetii for Use with Q-VAX in Australian Human Q Fever Vaccination
The IGRA is not yet a suitable skin test replacement when assessing eligibility for Q fever vaccination, despite the significant limitations of the latter. We offer recommendations for designing future studies that might allow the development of appropriate guidelines for IGRA use in vaccine eligibility screening.
Authors
- Anja Scholzen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6481-6090)
- Susan Raju Paul
- Ann E. Sluder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4415-0652)
- Evi van Schuppen
- Anja Garritsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4756-0107)
- Tatiana Proboste (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5274-7179)
- Lauren Ball (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-0931)
- Richard K. Dzeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3664-8883)
- Rowland N. Cobbold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5560-4237)
- Stephen Graves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8204-0924)
- Mads Gravers Jeppesen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9440-8247)
- Mark C. Poznansky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-7103)
- John Stenos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5465-2926)
- Francisca Powell‐Romero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9800-3100)
- Jennifer Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6137-2030)
- Stephanie Wilkinson
- Jennifer Robson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7207-244X)
- Helen Powell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-6226)
- Milou Kouwijzer
- Jordi Lankhof
- Willemijn J. Anker-Op den Brouw
Institutions
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccines
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13060615
- Primary Topic
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency