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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Coxiella burnetii|''C. burnetii'']], the [[organism]] that causes Q fever, is present mainly in the secretions of cattle and sheep. Any occupation that involves contact with cattle and sheep increases the risk of the disease. | |||
==Risk Factors== | |||
== | Risk factors for developing Q fever include drinking raw (unpasteurized) milk or inhaling dust or droplets in the air that are contaminated with animal [[feces]], [[blood]], or birth products.<ref name="pmid10589906">{{cite journal |vauthors=Domingo P, Muñoz C, Franquet T, Gurguí M, Sancho F, Vazquez G |title=Acute Q fever in adult patients: report on 63 sporadic cases in an urban area |journal=Clin. Infect. Dis. |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=874–9 |year=1999 |pmid=10589906 |doi=10.1086/520452 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid3301708">{{cite journal |author=Dupuis G, Petite J, Péter O, Vouilloz M |title=An important outbreak of human Q fever in a Swiss Alpine valley |journal=Int J Epidemiol |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=282–7 |year=1987 |pmid=3301708 |doi= 10.1093/ije/16.2.282|url=http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=3301708}}</ref> These risks may be attributed to different employment rates in typical professions. "At risk" occupations include, but are not limited to:<ref name="pmid1489455">{{cite journal |vauthors=Choyce DP |title=Anterior chamber lens exchange |journal=J Cataract Refract Surg |volume=18 |issue=5 |pages=537 |year=1992 |pmid=1489455 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid88923">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ishikawa H, Maeda H, Takamatsu H, Saito Y |title=Systemic hyalinosis (juvenile hyaline fibromatosis). Ultrastructure of the hyaline with particular reference to the cross-banded structure |journal=Arch. Dermatol. Res. |volume=265 |issue=2 |pages=195–206 |year=1979 |pmid=88923 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
* Animal transporters | |||
* Farmers | |||
* Hide (tannery) workers | |||
* Laboratory workers handling potentially infected veterinary samples or visiting abattoirs | |||
* People who cull and process kangaroos | |||
* Shearers | |||
* Stockyard workers | |||
* [[Veterinary]] personnel | |||
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Overview
C. burnetii, the organism that causes Q fever, is present mainly in the secretions of cattle and sheep. Any occupation that involves contact with cattle and sheep increases the risk of the disease.
Risk Factors
Risk factors for developing Q fever include drinking raw (unpasteurized) milk or inhaling dust or droplets in the air that are contaminated with animal feces, blood, or birth products.[1][2] These risks may be attributed to different employment rates in typical professions. "At risk" occupations include, but are not limited to:[3][4]
- Animal transporters
- Farmers
- Hide (tannery) workers
- Laboratory workers handling potentially infected veterinary samples or visiting abattoirs
- People who cull and process kangaroos
- Shearers
- Stockyard workers
- Veterinary personnel
References
- ↑ Domingo P, Muñoz C, Franquet T, Gurguí M, Sancho F, Vazquez G (1999). "Acute Q fever in adult patients: report on 63 sporadic cases in an urban area". Clin. Infect. Dis. 29 (4): 874–9. doi:10.1086/520452. PMID 10589906.
- ↑ Dupuis G, Petite J, Péter O, Vouilloz M (1987). "An important outbreak of human Q fever in a Swiss Alpine valley". Int J Epidemiol. 16 (2): 282–7. doi:10.1093/ije/16.2.282. PMID 3301708.
- ↑ Choyce DP (1992). "Anterior chamber lens exchange". J Cataract Refract Surg. 18 (5): 537. PMID 1489455.
- ↑ Ishikawa H, Maeda H, Takamatsu H, Saito Y (1979). "Systemic hyalinosis (juvenile hyaline fibromatosis). Ultrastructure of the hyaline with particular reference to the cross-banded structure". Arch. Dermatol. Res. 265 (2): 195–206. PMID 88923.