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Q Fever Outbreak in Homeless Shelter
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Jul 2004
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Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 10(7):1297-1299.
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Alternative Title:Emerg Infect Dis
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Description:Urban outbreaks of Q fever have occurred after exposure to slaughterhouses or parturient cats. We detected an outbreak of Q fever in a homeless shelter in Marseilles. Investigations showed that the main factors exposing persons to Coxiella burnetii were an abandoned slaughterhouse, used for an annual Muslim sheep feast, and wind.
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