Suspected Person-to-Person Transmission of Q Fever Among Hospitalized Pregnant Women | Zendy

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Suspected Person-to-Person Transmission of Q Fever Among Hospitalized Pregnant Women

Author(s) -

Sharon Amit,

Shiri Shinar,

Ora Halutz,

Yafit Atiya-Nasagi,

Michael Giladi

Publication year - 2014

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/ciu151

Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , aerosolization , transmission (telecommunications) , obstetrics , q fever , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pediatrics , immunology , disease , anesthesia , electrical engineering , inhalation , biology , engineering , genetics

We report a case of suspected patient-to-patient transmission of Q fever among pregnant women in a high-risk pregnancy unit, presumably via aerosolization of vaginally excreted infectious placental particles. This case questions whether current infection control guidelines are sufficient for Q fever-infected women in similar settings.

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