Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Recommendations and Reports, March 29, 2013 / Vol. 62 / No. RR-3

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• Alternative Title:
  Diagnosis and Management of Q Fever -- United States, 2013: Recommendations From CDC and the Q Fever Working Group
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports
• Personal Author:
  Anderson, Alicia ; Bijlmer, Henk ; Fournier, Pierre-Edouard ; Graves, Stephen ; Hartzell, Joshua ; Kersh, Gilbert J. ; Limonard, Gijs ; Marrie, Thomas J. ; Massung, Robert F. ; McQuiston, Jennifer H. ; Nicholson, William L. ; Paddock, Christopher D. ; Sexton, Daniel J.
• Corporate Authors:
  Q Fever Working Group ; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.), Division of Vector-Borne Diseases.
• Description:
  Q fever, a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii, can cause acute or chronic illness in humans. Transmission occurs primarily through inhalation of aerosols from contaminated soil or animal waste. No licensed vaccine is available in the United States. Because many human infections result in nonspecific or benign constitutional symptoms, establishing a diagnosis of Q fever often is challenging for clinicians. This report provides the first national recommendations issued by CDC for Q fever recognition, clinical and laboratory diagnosis, treatment, management, and reporting for health-care personnel and public health professionals. The guidelines address treatment of acute and chronic phases of Q fever illness in children, adults, and pregnant women, as well as management of occupational exposures. These recommendations will be reviewed approximately every 5 years and updated to include new published evidence.
• Subjects:
  Animals Animals, Domestic Anti-Bacterial Agents / Therapeutic Use Doxycycline / Therapeutic Use Immunohistochemistry Q Fever / Diagnosis Q Fever / Drug Therapy Zoonoses
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, 2013; v. 62, no. 3
• Series:
  Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1057-5987 (print) ; 1545-8601 (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Practice Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  32 pdf pages
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ff95bf8ee39367e5c7336bf38779c0b80f5d92bf66465ba89d4a27b9f8a68da4b78efb58db70189b83f11287cfc2bba18ee0bdb6ba438d7a5efb23e81b7b316d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13330/cdc_13330_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 24.81 MB ]