Q Fever among Culling Workers, the Netherlands, 2009–2010

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Whelan, Jane ; Schimmer, Barbara ; Schneeberger, Peter ; Meekelenkamp, Jamie ; van der Hoek, Wim ; Holle, Mirna Robert–Du Ry van Beest
• Corporate Authors:
  Arnold IJff
• Description:
  In 2009, dairy goat farms in the Netherlands were implicated in >2,300 cases of Q fever; in response, 51,820 small ruminants were culled. Among 517 culling workers, despite use of personal protective equipment, 17.5% seroconverted for antibodies to Coxiella burnetii. Vaccination of culling workers could be considered.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Q fever
  • epidemiology
  • agricultural workers’ diseases
  • occupational diseases
  • antibodies
  • bacteria
  • blood
  • the Netherlands
  • culling workers
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(9):1719-1723.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23690/cdc_23690_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 359.26 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:430ef6dea55d2ff12e55d5812834576b049c6f222cc377ccb1f736a5b6beee7e