Veterinary aspects of a Q fever outbreak in the Netherlands between 2005 and 2012

In a six week period from May 2007 onwards, almost one hundred patients from Herpen, a small village in the province of Noord-Brabant, were diagnosed with a lower respiratory tract infection, and ultimately, Coxiella burnetii was found to be the causal agent. This finding made up the start of a large Q fever outbreak.The aim of this thesis is to describe veterinary aspects of this outbreak in the Netherlands between 2005 and 2012 to be able to improve control and preventive measures aiming at reducing the shedding of C. burnetii and thus environmental contamination, in order to reduce human ex... Mehr ...