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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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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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Sero-prevalence of brucellosis, Q-fever and Rift Valley fever in humans and livestock in Somali Region, Ethiopia

bioRxiv, 2020
Information on zoonotic diseases in humans and livestock are limited in pastoral/agro-pastoral communities in Ethiopia. A multi-stage cross sectional cluster design study was implemented with the aim to establish the seroprevalence of zoonotic diseases ...
M. Ibrahim, E. Schelling, J. Zinsstag, J. Hattendorf, E. Andargie, R. Tschopp   +5 more
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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.
Bouma, A., Brom, R., Van den, Dercksen, D., Hogerweg, R., Nielen, M., Pieterse, M., Roest, H.I.J., Vellema, P.   +7 more
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Could Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Be an Effective Treatment for Long COVID and Post COVID-19 Fatigue Syndrome? Lessons from the Qure Study for Q-Fever Fatigue Syndrome

Healthcare, 2020
An increasing number of young and previously fit and healthy people who did not require hospitalisation continue to have symptoms months after mild cases of COVID-19.
M. Vink, Alexandra Vink-Niese
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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An Overlooked Zoonotic Disease: Retrospective Evaluation of Q Fever Seropositivity with Clinical Findings

Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2022
Introduction: Q fever is a zoonotic disease with a high seroprevalence in our region and a low awareness in our country. Patients who were diagnosed as having Q fever clinically, serologically, and radiologically during 2017-2020 were evaluated ...
Fatma SIRMATEL, Selçuk KILIÇ, Oya KALAYCIOĞLU, Pınar BÜCÜK, Talat Oğulcan ÖZARSLAN, Tuğçe DAMARSOY, Hasan Tahsin GÖZDAŞ   +6 more
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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.
Baud, D., Bizzini, A., Edouard, S., Greub, G., Meylan, P., Péter, O.   +5 more
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Profiling Risk Factors for Household and Community Spatiotemporal Clusters of Q Fever Notifications in Queensland between 2002 and 2017

Pathogens, 2022
Q fever, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii, is an important zoonotic disease worldwide. Australia has one of the highest reported incidences and seroprevalence of Q fever, and communities in the state of Queensland are at highest risk of exposure.
Tatiana Proboste, Nicholas J. Clark, Sarah Tozer, Caitlin Wood, Stephen B. Lambert, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães   +5 more
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A Deterministic Model for Q Fever Transmission Dynamics within Dairy Cattle Herds: Using Sensitivity Analysis and Optimal Controls

Comput. Math. Methods Medicine, 2020
This paper presents a differential equation model which describes a possible transmission route for Q fever dynamics in cattle herds. The model seeks to ascertain epidemiological and theoretical inferences in understanding how to avert an outbreak of Q ...
Joshua Kiddy K. Asamoah, Zhen Jin, Gui‐Quan Sun, Michael Y. Li   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source