| aetiology and epidemiology of infective endocarditis in england and wales. | comparing data relating to the estimated incidence of infective endocarditis and deaths due to this condition highlights the changing age and sex patterns over the last 50 years. using these data it is estimated that about 20 cases per million population per year can now be expected many of whom will be aged 65 years or more. about 20% of cases die. viridans streptococci are responsible for almost half the cases of endocarditis, faecal streptococci for 11%, staphylococci for 20% and coxiella bur ... | 1987 | 3316164 |
| the occurrence of coxiella burnetii in north-western england and north wales. a report from five laboratories of the public health laboratory service. | | 1969 | 5278153 |
| laboratory outbreak of q fever acquired from sheep. | in april and may, 1981, an outbreak of q fever occurred in a university department which used gravid sheep for fetal respiratory studies. during the subsequent investigation 91 people were studied and 28 were found to have complement-fixing antibodies to the phase ii antigen of coxiella burneti in their serum. symptoms compatible with c. burneti infection occurred in 14 of the seropositive patients. the majority of symptomatic infections could be related to the delivery of twin fetuses in one la ... | 1982 | 6122819 |
| q-fever endocarditis in england and wales, 1975-81. | endocarditis was recorded in 92 (11%) of 839 confirmed q-fever infections reported for the communicable disease report by laboratories between 1975 and 1981; q-fever endocarditis accounted for approximately 3% of all cases of endocarditis reported. two-thirds of the 92 reports were of men, and in both men and women endocarditis affected mainly young and middle-aged adults. only one-third of q-fever endocarditis patients were noted to have an underlying heart-valve lesion. there were also 30 repo ... | 1982 | 6129519 |
| epidemiological features of coxiella burnetii infection in england and wales: 1984 to 1994. | q fever is an important zoonosis caused by the rickettsial organism coxiella burnetii, which can result in life threatening illness, especially in those with an underlying cardiac defect. c. burnetii infections in england and wales reported to the phls communicable disease surveillance centre between 1984 and 1994 were reviewed. a total of 1117 cases were reported, a third of which came from the south western region. the annual totals fell over this period. the mean age of cases was 45 years, an ... | 1996 | 8810119 |
| wild brown rats (rattus norvegicus) as a zoonotic risk on farms in england and wales. | fear of wild rats as carriers of disease is embedded within our culture. surprisingly little is actually known about parasites in wild rat populations. in recent studies aimed to rectify this omission, farms in england and wales were surveyed to identify parasite species present in the rat populations. rats were found to be infected with numerous zoonotic parasites, including cryptosporidium, pasteurella [correction of pasturella], listeria, yersinia, coxiella, and hantavirus. these findings sug ... | 1996 | 8820193 |
| prevalence of q fever in a rural practice. | q fever is a world-wide condition caused by the rickettsia coxiella burnetii. it appears more prevalent in agrarian communities and may have serious sequelae. | 1997 | 9347458 |
| prevalence of antibodies to coxiella burnetii (q fever) in bulk tank milk in england and wales. | in the united kingdom, the infection of people with coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of q fever, is of significant public health importance and is associated with contact with dairy cattle. an elisa was developed for the detection of igg antibodies against c burnetii in bulk tank milk, and in a survey of randomly selected samples from dairy herds in england and wales, 21 per cent showed serological evidence of c burnetii infection. | 1999 | 10378278 |
| q fever--a forgotten disease? | | 2002 | 12467686 |