Q Fever among Culling Workers, the Netherlands, 2009–2010

In 2009, dairy goat farms in the Netherlands were implicated in >2,300 cases of Q fever; in response, 51,820 small ruminants were culled. Among 517 culling workers, despite use of personal protective equipment, 17.5% seroconverted for antibodies to Coxiella burnetii. Vaccination of culling workers could be considered.

Verfasser: Jane Whelan
Barbara Schimmer
Peter M. Schneeberger
Jamie Meekelenkamp
Wim van der Hoek
Mirna Robert–Du Ry van Beest Holle
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Reihe/Periodikum: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 9, Pp 1719-1723 (2011)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Schlagwörter: Q fever / epidemiology / agricultural workers’ diseases / occupational diseases / antibodies / bacteria / Medicine / R / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27191584
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1709.110051