| q fever in france. | in france q fever is a notifiable disease, but information could only be obtained from fragmental inquiries. routine serologic examination of 75 901 sera during the years 1982-85 showed 430 q fever positive sera (mean rate 0.57%). our laboratory could confirm 135 cases of clinical q fever. in the region of dijon, 4.4% of the country population was seropositive, but among breeders 25% were positive. 36 persons (8%) among 245 employees of the departmental veterinary services were seropositive, som ... | 1987 | 3434015 |