Q fever in Bulgaria and Slovakia.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Serbezov, V. S. ; Kazár, J. ; Novkirishki, V. ; Gatcheva, N. ; Kovácová, E. ; Voynova, V.
• Description:
  As a result of dramatic political and economic changes in the beginning of the 1990s, Q-fever epidemiology in Bulgaria has changed. The number of goats almost tripled; contact between goat owners (and their families) and goats, as well as goats and other animals, increased; consumption of raw goat milk and its products increased; and goats replaced cattle and sheep as the main source of human Coxiella burnetii infections. Hundreds of overt, serologically confirmed human cases of acute Q fever have occurred. Chronic forms of Q fever manifesting as endocarditis were also observed. In contrast, in Slovakia, Q fever does not pose a serious public health problem, and the chronic form of infection has not been found either in follow-ups of a Q-fever epidemic connected with goats imported from Bulgaria and other previous Q-fever outbreaks or in a serologic survey. Serologic diagnosis as well as control and prevention of Q fever are discussed.
• Subjects:
  Animals Cattle Coxiella Burnetii Disease Outbreaks Humans Q Fever
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 5(3):388-394.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Bulgaria ; Slovakia
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5827caf22c69a9359dde205ff60cbc30c9196859f36498330e8cb1238dba05b7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14843/cdc_14843_DS1.pdf
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