Browsing by Subject "Q Fever/veterinary"

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2006-10-06Zeitschriftenartikel

A super-spreading ewe infects hundreds with Q fever at a farmers' market in Germany

Porten, Klaudia; Rissland, Jürgen; Tigges, Almira; Broll, Susanne; Hopp, Wilfried; Lunemann, Mechthild; Treeck, Ulrich van; Kimmig, Peter; Brockmann, Stefan; Wagner-Wiening, Christiane; Hellenbrand, Wiebke; Buchholz, Udo

Background: In May 2003 the Soest County Health Department was informed of an unusually large number of patients hospitalized with atypical pneumonia. Methods: In exploratory interviews patients mentioned having ...
2007-09-25Zeitschriftenartikel

Large Q fever outbreak due to sheep farming near residential areas, Germany, 2005

Gilsdorf, Andreas; Kroh, C.; Grimm, S.; Jensen, Evelin; Wagner-Wiening, Christiane; Alpers, Katharina

In June 2005 Coxiella burnetii-infected sheep, grazing and lambing on a meadow bordering a residential area, caused a large Q fever outbreak (331 cases) in Germany. Our outbreak investigation provided attack rates (AR) by ...