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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
The pathogenic agent is to be found everywhere except Antarctica and New Zealand. | |||
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This disease is occasionally seen in children, especially those who live on a farm. In infected children younger than 3 years old, Q fever is usually discovered during a search for the cause of pneumonia. | |||
The pathogenic agent is to be found everywhere except Antarctica and New Zealand. | ===Gender=== | ||
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Men are slightly more often affected than women, which most likely is attributed to different employment rates in typical professions. | Men are slightly more often affected than women, which most likely is attributed to different employment rates in typical professions. | ||
===Developed Countries=== | |||
In 1999, Q fever became a notifiable disease in the United States but reporting is not required in many other countries. In Europe it appears as hepatitis rather than pneumonia as in the United States. | |||
===Developing Countries=== | |||
Because the disease is underreported, scientists cannot reliably assess how many cases of Q fever have actually occurred worldwide. Many human infections are inapparent. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 15:05, 7 December 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Epidemiology and Demographics
The pathogenic agent is to be found everywhere except Antarctica and New Zealand.
Age
This disease is occasionally seen in children, especially those who live on a farm. In infected children younger than 3 years old, Q fever is usually discovered during a search for the cause of pneumonia.
Gender
Men are slightly more often affected than women, which most likely is attributed to different employment rates in typical professions.
Developed Countries
In 1999, Q fever became a notifiable disease in the United States but reporting is not required in many other countries. In Europe it appears as hepatitis rather than pneumonia as in the United States.
Developing Countries
Because the disease is underreported, scientists cannot reliably assess how many cases of Q fever have actually occurred worldwide. Many human infections are inapparent.