| q fever in the southern california desert: epidemiology, clinical presentation and treatment. | despite the absence of a natural reservoir for q fever in the desert of southern california, six cases have been identified during the past 32 years. during that period of time, two areas have been used by northern sheep ranchers from idaho and wyoming to import sheep to an area in the coachella valley through 1985. thereafter, because of housing development, the sheep area was moved to blythe along the colorado river. all but two of these patients probably acquired infection by coxiella burneti ... | 2006 | 16837704 |
| cryptic epidemic of q fever in a medical school. | pregnant sheep used in perinatel research were the source of a large outbreak of q fever in 1980 among the faculty and staff of a medical school. complement-fixation tests with phase ii coxiella burnetii antigen were positive in 81 persons, of whom 58 (71.6%) had q fever during the first eight months of 1980. microagglutination and/or indirect immunofluorescence tests of 485 sera were positive in an additional 56 persons. only 41 of the 137 seropositive persons were involved in caring for or wor ... | 1981 | 7276623 |
| prevalence of coxiella burnetii dna in vaginal and uterine samples from healthy cats of north-central colorado. | q fever is a worldwide zoonotic disease caused by coxiella burnetii. although traditionally associated with livestock exposure, human infection has also been documented from contact with parturient cats. the goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of c burnetii dna in uterine and vaginal tissues from healthy client-owned and shelter cats of north-central colorado using polymerase chain reaction assay. coxiella burnetii was not amplified from vaginal samples of any cat or uterine biops ... | 2007 | 17208030 |
| outbreak of q fever associated with a horse-boarding ranch, colorado, 2005. | coxiella burnetii is a bacterium located worldwide that can cause q fever when inhaled. we describe an outbreak of q fever associated with a horse-boarding ranch that had acquired two herds of goats. we conducted case finding and cohort studies among persons who boarded horses on the ranch and ranchers and among residents in the surrounding community, and conducted sampling of the goats and environment, to determine risk factors for infection and guide public health interventions. sixty-six ranc ... | 2007 | 17896873 |