| [two cases of acute hepatitis associated with q fever]. | q fever which is caused by coxiella burnetii, is a worldwide zoonosis. many species of wild and domestic mammals, birds, and arthropods, are reservoirs of c.burnetii in nature, however farm animals are the most frequent sources of human infection. the most frequent way of transmission is by inhalation of contaminated aerosols. the clinical presentation of q fever is polymorphic and nonspecific. q fever may present as acute or chronic disease. in acute cases, the most common clinical syndromes ar ... | 2012 | 22951661 |