| [prevalence of antibodies against coxiella burnetii in 2 geographical zones of tuscany]. | q fever, caused by coxiella burneti, was first identified as a separate syndrome in 1937 in australia. usually it takes the form of an acute atypic lung pneumonia disease, but subclinic or non-typical forms are also known. q fever is a zoonoses. the most important source of infection is represented by sheep; the transmission to man occurs by vectors (ticks), or more often by carriers as aerosol, non-pasteurized milk and dairy products. in italy the first outbreaks of q fever date back to the end ... | 1989 | 2483896 |
| serological investigations for some bacterial and viral pathogens in fallow deer (cervus dama) and wild boar (sus scrofa) of the san rossore preserve, tuscany, italy. | sera of 43 fallow deer (cervus dama) of the san rossore preserve (tuscany, italy) were examined for antibodies against eight pathogens; one proved positive for brucella sp., 21 for listeria monocytogenes, 34 for chlamydia psittaci, three for coxiella burnetii, one for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus, 11 for parainfluenza-3 virus, 25 for bovine viral diarrhea virus and six for bovine respiratory syncytial virus. no age and sex difference in the positivity rates and titers was evidenced, w ... | 1988 | 2832622 |