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Q fever in California; recovery of Coxiella burnetii from naturally-infected air-borne dust.
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Parasitic DiseaseNaturally-infected Air-borne DustSouthern CaliforniaSummary Coxiella BurnetiPathogen TransmissionZoonotic DiseasePathogenesisQ FeverRickettsiologyDisease OutbreakMicrobiologyInfection ControlSheep RanchCoxiella BurnetiiMedicineEpidemiologyTick-borne DiseaseParasitology
Summary Coxiella burneti , the causal rickettsia of Q fever, has been recovered from dustladen air on a dairy in Southern California, and from dust-laden air on a sheep ranch in Northern California. The signficance of these recoveries of the organism from a contaminated environment is discussed.