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Urban outbreak of Q fever, Briançon, France, March to June 1996
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Virus EpidemiologyEpidemiological DynamicRickettsiologyDisease OutbreakUbiquitous ZoonosisPathogen TransmissionQ FeverEmerging Infectious DiseaseInfection ControlSporadic CasesParasitologyVirologyDisease SurveillanceJune 1996Urban OutbreakEpidemiologyZoonotic DiseasePathogenesisDisease TransmissionMicrobiologyMedicine
Q fever is an ubiquitous zoonosis caused by the rickettsial organism Coxiella burnetii. Both sporadic cases and epidemics occur in areas where sheep and goats are bred. The main route of transmission is by inhalation of aerosols from the environment (soil