Q Fever: Single-Point Source Outbreak With High Attack Rates and Massive Numbers of Undetected Infections Across an Entire Region | Zendy

Volker Hackert | Zendy; Wim van der Hoek | Zendy; Nicole H. T. M. Dukers–Muijrers | Zendy; Arnout de Bruin | Zendy; Sascha Al Dahouk | Zendy; Heinrich Neubauer | Zendy; C. A. Bruggeman | Zendy; Christian J. P. A. Hoebe | Zendy

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Q Fever: Single-Point Source Outbreak With High Attack Rates and Massive Numbers of Undetected Infections Across an Entire Region

Author(s) -

Volker Hackert,

Wim van der Hoek,

Nicole H. T. M. Dukers–Muijrers,

Arnout de Bruin,

Sascha Al Dahouk,

Heinrich Neubauer,

C. A. Bruggeman,

Christian J. P. A. Hoebe

Publication year - 2012

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 - 10.1093/cid/cis734

Subject(s) - coxiella burnetii , q fever , seroprevalence , incidence (geometry) , outbreak , medicine , population , attack rate , veterinary medicine , serology , transmission (telecommunications) , demography , environmental health , immunology , antibody , virology , physics , electrical engineering , sociology , optics , engineering

In early 2009, a dairy-goat annex care farm in South Limburg, the Netherlands, reported 220 Coxiella burnetii-related abortions in 450 pregnant goats. These preceded human cases and occurred in a region that was Q-fever free before 2009, providing a unique quasi-experimental setting for investigating regional transmission patterns associated with a Q-fever point source.

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