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A possible role for mitochondrial-derived peptides humanin and MOTS-c in patients with Q fever fatigue syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2019
Background Q fever fatigue syndrome (QFS) is a well-documented state of prolonged fatigue following around 20% of acute Q fever infections. It has been hypothesized that low grade inflammation plays a role in its aetiology.
Ruud P. H. Raijmakers, Anne F. M. Jansen, Stephan P. Keijmel, Rob ter Horst, Megan E. Roerink, Boris Novakovic, Leo A. B. Joosten, Jos W. M. van der Meer, Mihai G. Netea, Chantal P. Bleeker-Rovers   +9 more
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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.
Babudieri, Sergio, Brunetti, Bruna, Caccamo, Francesco, Farchi, Francesca, Rezza, Giovanni, Starnini, Giulio   +5 more
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Characterization of Coxiella burnetii strains from ruminants in a Galleria mellonella host-based model

New Microbes and New Infections, 2018
Coxiella burnetii is a small Gram-negative intracellular bacterium and is the causative agent of Q fever, which is a zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution.
A. Selim, E. Yang, E. Rousset, R. Thiéry, K. Sidi-Boumedine   +4 more
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Chronic Q fever with no elevation of inflammatory markers: a case report [PDF]

, 2012
Chronic q Fever with no elevation of inflammatory markers: a case report. Boattini M, Almeida A, Moura RB, Abreu J, Santos AS, Toscano Rico M. SourceDepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Marta's Hospital, 1169-024 Lisbon, Portugal.
Abreu, J., Almeida, A., Barata Moura, R., Boattini, M., Rico, M.T., Santos, A.S.   +5 more
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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 ...
Beaujean, D.J.M.A. (Desirée), Bults, M. (Marloes), Richardus, J.H. (Jan Hendrik), Voeten, H.A.C.M. (Hélène), Wijkmans, C.J. (Clementine)   +4 more
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Lack of association between serological evidence of past Coxiella burnetii infection and incident ischaemic heart disease: nested case-control study [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Coxiella burnetii causes the common worldwide zoonotic infection, Q fever. It has been previously suggested that patients who had recovered from acute Q fever (whether symptomatic or otherwise) may be at increased risk of ischaemic heart ...
Conall McCaughey, Liam J Murray, James P McKenna, Peter V Coyle, Hugh J O'Neill, Dorothy E Wyatt, Jayne V Woodside, John WG Yarnell, Pierre Ducimetiere, Annie Bingham, Philippe Amouyel, Michele Montaye, Dominique Arveiler, Bernadette Haas, Jean Ferrieres, Jean-Bernard Ruidavets, PT Ender, PY Lovey, M Wildman, P Ducimetiere, JW Yarnell, GA Rose, WT Friedewald, A Clauss, L Pierangeli, G Dupuis, JG Ayres, JG Ayres, TF Hatchette   +28 more
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Active surveillance of Q fever in human and animal population of Cyprus [PDF]

, 2006
Background A long-term active surveillance of Q fever was conducted in Cyprus organized in two phases. Methods Following serological tests and identification of seropositive humans and animals for C.
Fidias Loukaides, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Elpidoforos S Soteriades, Virginia Kolonia, Maria-Christina Ioannidou, Anna Psaroulaki, Yannis Tselentis, ID Aitken, SJ Cutler, D Raoult, MM Kaplan, AJ Spicer, H Tissot-Dupont, Ch Hadjichristodoulou, PE Fourier, D Raoult, D Raoult, Communicable Disease report, NSW, for September- Octomber, K Yohannes, M Bolanos, T Nebreda, I Spyridaki, GH Lang, HC Maltezou, E Kovacova, M Maurin, T Manfredi Selvaggi, G Dupuis, Y Tselentis, H Tissot Dupont, K Schulze, O Lyytikainen, ME Ellis, CF Stanford, RL Pinsky, JM Langley, L Rombo   +36 more
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Cases of Mediterranean spotted fever in southeast of Iran

Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2020
In this study the clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, and management of five patients diagnosed with Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) from southeast of Iran are presented.
Mehrdad Farrokhnia, Zohreh Yousefi Ghalejoogh, Mahdi Rohani, Ahmad Ghasemi, Saber Esmaeili, Ehsan Mostafavi   +5 more
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Sexually transmitted Q fever [PDF]

, 2001
We report the sexual transmission of Coxiella burnetii from a man with occupationally acquired Q fever to his wife. Fifteen days after coitus, his wife also developed serologically proven acute Q fever. C.
Hall, R., Harris, R., Marmion, B., Milazzo, A., Storm, P., Winslow, W.   +5 more
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Uptake and fecal excretion of Coxiella burnetii by Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor marginatus ticks [PDF]

, 2020
Background: The bacterium Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of Q fever and is mainly transmitted via inhalation of infectious aerosols. DNA of C.
Henning, Klaus, Körner, Sophia, Makert, Gustavo R., Mertens‑Scholz, Katja, Nijhof, Ard M., Pfeffer, Martin, Starke, Alexander, Ulbert, Sebastian   +7 more
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