Increased recognition of Q fever aortitis as a chronic manifestation of Q fever in tropical North Queensland, Australia. [PDF]
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 2023 Aortitis is a life-threatening, manifestation of chronic Q fever. We report a series of 5 patients with Q fever aortitis who have presented to our hospital in tropical Australia since 2019. All diagnoses were confirmed with polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
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Veterinary Microbiology, 2010 Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by the ubiquitous pathogen Coxiella burnetii responsible for acute and chronic clinical manifestations. Farm animals and pets are the main reservoirs of infection, and transmission to human beings is mainly accomplished through inhalation of contaminated aerosols.
Angelakis, Emmanouil, Raoult, Didier
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Q fever in the Netherlands: Public perceptions and behavioral responses in three different epidemiological regions: A follow-up study [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Over the past years, Q fever has become a major public health problem in the Netherlands, with a peak of 2,357 human cases in 2009. In the first instance, Q fever was mainly a local problem of one province with a high density of large dairy ...
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Etiology of Severe Non-malaria Febrile Illness in Northern Tanzania: A Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]
, 2013 The syndrome of fever is a commonly presenting complaint among persons seeking healthcare in low-resource areas, yet the public health community has not approached fever in a comprehensive manner.
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Coverage of the 2011 Q fever vaccination campaign in the Netherlands, using retrospective population-based prevalence estimation of cardiovascular risk-conditions for chronic Q fever [PDF]
, 2015 Background: In 2011, a unique Q fever vaccination campaign targeted people at risk for chronic Q fever in the southeast of the Netherlands. General practitioners referred patients with defined cardiovascular risk-conditions (age >15 years).
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Investigation of a Q fever outbreak in a Scottish co-located slaughterhouse and cutting plant [PDF]
, 2010 Outbreaks of Q fever are rare in the UK. In 2006, the largest outbreak of Q fever in Scotland occurred at a co-located slaughterhouse and cutting plant with 110 cases.
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An Outbreak of Q fever in a prison in Italy [PDF]
, 2005 We observed an outbreak of Q fever in a prison population. Overall, 65 of the 600 prison inmates developed the disease. The location of the prison cells had no apparent effect on the risk of infection.
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Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1999 SUMMARYQ fever is a zoonosis with a worldwide distribution with the exception of New Zealand. The disease is caused by Coxiella burnetii, a strictly intracellular, gram-negative bacterium. Many species of mammals, birds, and ticks are reservoirs of C. burnetii in nature. C. burnetii infection is most often latent in animals, with persistent shedding of
M, Maurin, D, Raoult
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Reduction of Coxiella burnetii prevalence by vaccination of goats and sheep, the Netherlands [PDF]
, 2011 Recently, the number of human Q fever cases in the Netherlands increased dramatically. In response to this increase, dairy goats and dairy sheep were vaccinated against Coxiella burnetii.
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Evaluation of a new serological test for the detection of anti-Coxiella and anti-Rickettsia antibodies. [PDF]
, 2015 Coxiella burnetii and members of the genus Rickettsia are obligate intracellular bacteria. Since cultivation of these organisms requires dedicated techniques, their diagnosis usually relies on serological or molecular biology methods.
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