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Q Fever During Pregnancy: A Public Health Problem in Southern France

Author(s) -

Andréas Stein,

Didier Raoult

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/514698

Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , public health , disease , fever of unknown origin , obstetrics , q fever , pediatrics , immunology , surgery , pathology , genetics , biology

We describe five cases of Q fever in pregnant women that were diagnosed during the last 3 years in the town of Martigues in Southern France. Analysis of our cases and the 18 other published cases shows that Q fever is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnancy. The disease may present as an acute or chronic infection and can be reactivated during subsequent pregnancies, as is seen with other mammals. In Martigues, Q fever is present in at least one per 540 pregnancies and constitutes the most significant public health problem related to intrauterine infections.

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