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Safety test for Q fever vaccine.
Viable Coxiella burnetii are usually demonstrated in the laboratory by infecting either guinea pigs or embryonated eggs. Guinea pig infection is manifested by a febrile illness and the development of specific complement-fixing antibodies after intraperitoneal injection of the fluid under examination (Smadel et al., 1948). When embryonated eggs are used, the material is injected into the yolk sa...
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In the Netherlands, the number of notified human Q fever cases showed a steep increase over the last three years and is not expected to disappear in the next few years. Since vaccination might be an option to prevent Q fever cases in the general population, evidence is needed about its effectiveness. We therefore conducted a meta-analysis to determine the evidence base for effectiveness for Q f...
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Despite the availability of a vaccine, the incidence of Q fever disease among populations at risk continues to be high. Q fever is an important cause of morbidity for workers, particularly in the meat and agricultural industries. Following an increase in 1998 in the number of Q fever notifications among meat processors to the Communicable Disease Control Branch, South Australia, a survey was co...
متن کاملQ fever a Forgotten Disease in Iran
There have already been a few studies on Q fever in Iran and most of them go back to more than 50 years ago. Preliminary serologic studies on ruminants and febrile patients in Southeast Iran show a high seropositivity in this region. Misdiagnosis as well as poor attention of public health authorities to this infection can facilitate the epidemic spread of Q fever. Further studies on the diagnos...
متن کاملQ fever.
Q fever is a zoonosis with many manifestations. The most common clinical presentation is an influenza-like illness with varying degrees of pneumonia and hepatitis. Although acute disease is usually self-limiting, people do occasionally die from this condition. Endocarditis is the most frequent chronic presentation. Although Q fever is widespread, practitioner awareness and clinical manifestatio...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1960
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.79.5.747-751.1960