| suburban transmission of q fever in french guiana: evidence of a wild reservoir. | the annual incidence of q fever in french guiana was found to have increased in 1996 and was 37/100,000 population over the last 4 years. subsequent investigations in cayenne and its suburbs indicated that a wild reservoir of the bacteria was responsible for the epidemiologic pattern. a case-control study showed that residence near a forest and occupations and activities that result in exposure to aerosols of dusts from the soil are risk factors for q fever. by means of time-series analysis, a s ... | 2001 | 11443552 |