Eurosurveillance · 1997 · 16 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyInfectious Disease EpidemiologyMedical MicrobiologyOutbreak InvestigationBacterial InfectionsGoat Infectious DiseasesReservoir Host EpidemiologyRickettsial DiseasesZoonotic Outbreak InvestigationAcute Febrile IllnessCoxiella Burnetii TransmissionDomestic Animal ReservoirsFarm Animal ReservoirsTick-borne Rickettsioses
Q fever is an acute (and sometimes chronic) febrile illness caused by the rickettsial organism Coxiella burnetii. The commonest animal reservoirs for C. burnetiiare cattle, sheep, and goats. Infected animals shed the organisms, which resist desiccation, i