Serologic Analysis of a Penitentiary Group Using Raw Milk from a Q Fever Infected Herd

Benson, Woodruff Whitman; Brock, Darrell W.; Mather, John A.

doi:10.2307/4591908

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“…The ingestion of contaminated raw milk or raw milk products is a less efficient route of contamination [13]. Drinking contaminated milk has induced seroconversion in human volunteers without clinical signs [13,83], but none of them presented aggravating risk factors.…”

Section: Zoonotic Aspectmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Drinking contaminated milk has induced seroconversion in human volunteers without clinical signs [13,83], but none of them presented aggravating risk factors. However some studies have reported clinical disease linked to the ingestion of cheese [41,54], but these results are sometimes contested since it is difficult to guarantee even for prisoners that the patients did not inhale contaminated dust or aerosols.…”

Section: Zoonotic Aspectmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Is Q Fever an emerging or re-emerging zoonosis?

2005

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-Q fever is a zoonotic disease considered as emerging or re-emerging in many countries. It is caused by Coxiella burnetii, a bacterium developing spore-like forms that are highly resistant to the environment. The most common animal reservoirs are livestock and the main source of infection is by inhalation of contaminated aerosols. Although the culture process for Coxiella is laborious, advances on the knowledge of the life cycle of the bacterium have been made. New tools have been developed to (i) improve the diagnosis of Q fever in humans and animals, and especially animal shedders, (ii) perform epidemiological studies, and (iii) prevent the disease through the use of vaccines. This review summarizes the state of the knowledge on the bacteriology and clinical manifestations of Q fever as well as its diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment and prevention in order to understand what factors are responsible for its emergence or re-emergence. Coxiella burnetii / epidemiology / bacteriology / diagnostic / control

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Section: Zoonotic Aspectmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Zoonotic Aspectmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is Q Fever an emerging or re-emerging zoonosis?

2005

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“…Nevertheless, the C. burnetii shedding kinetics is not well known. Oral transmission is less common, but the consumption of contaminated raw milk and dairy-products could be a source of infection [8,12,16]. Thus, most people could be contaminated by C. burnetii, but staffs working with ruminants appear to be the most exposed [17].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experimental Coxiella burnetii infection in pregnant goats: excretion routes

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“…C. burnetii has been recovered from milk from infected cows and goats and from butter (17,32). Epidemiologic studies suggest that ingestion of unpasteurized milk has been a source of Coxiella infection for humans (6,17,33). Experimental evidence to support a causal relationship is sparse.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%