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Q fever in the United States: summary of case reports from two national surveillance systems, 2000-2012.
- Source :
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The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene [Am J Trop Med Hyg] 2015 Feb; Vol. 92 (2), pp. 247-55. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 17. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Q fever is a worldwide zoonosis historically associated with exposure to infected livestock. This study summarizes cases of Q fever, a notifiable disease in the United States, reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through two national surveillance systems with onset during 2000-2012. The overall incidence rate during this time was 0.38 cases per million persons per year. The reported case fatality rate was 2.0%, and the reported hospitalization rate was 62%. Most cases (61%) did not report exposure to cattle, goats, or sheep, suggesting that clinicians should consider Q fever even in the absence of livestock exposure. The prevalence of drinking raw milk among reported cases of Q fever (8.4%) was more than twice the national prevalence for the practice. Passive surveillance systems for Q fever are likely impacted by underreporting and underdiagnosis because of the nonspecific presentation of Q fever.<br /> (© The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.)
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Cattle microbiology
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Goats microbiology
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Milk microbiology
Population Surveillance methods
Prevalence
Q Fever diagnosis
Q Fever etiology
Q Fever mortality
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Sheep microbiology
United States epidemiology
Young Adult
Zoonoses epidemiology
Q Fever epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1476-1645
- Volume :
- 92
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25404080
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0503