Study and Management of a Q Fever Outbreak among Machine Tool Workers in the Basque Country (Spain)
Joint Authors
Alonso Fustel, Eva
Aspiritxaga Gamarra, Inmaculada
Ezpeleta Lobato, Guillermo
Delgado Naranjo, Jesús
Muniozguren Agirre, Nerea
Source
Epidemiology Research International
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-03-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The aim of this study is to describe a Q fever outbreak that affected the staff of a machine-tool factory in the Basque Country between 2009/12/20 and 2010/02/23.
Study subjects were interviewed using a Q fever specific questionnaire and tested for Q fever serology (immunofluorescence assay with phase II antigen) and detecting Coxiella burnetii DNA using real-time PCR.
We interviewed and tested 40 employees (90% of the staff).
33 employees, all of them men, had positive serology (attack rate 82.5%, 95% CI: 70.2–94.8).
Mean age was 43.7 years (95% CI: 38.7–48.7) in positive men, 33.7 years (95% CI: −16.6–83.9) in negative men, and 36.25 (95% CI: 27.5–45.0) in women (all negatives).
15 cases (45.5%) were asymptomatic, 9 (27.3%) had flu-like symptoms, and the other 9 (27.3%) had developed radiologically confirmed pneumonia.
We obtained 28 blood samples, 22 faeces samples, 11 milk samples, and one vaginal swab from 28 goats resting in a stable near the factory.
Serology was positive in 18 goats (64.3%).
All environmental samples were negative.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Delgado Naranjo, Jesús& Alonso Fustel, Eva& Aspiritxaga Gamarra, Inmaculada& Ezpeleta Lobato, Guillermo& Muniozguren Agirre, Nerea. 2011. Study and Management of a Q Fever Outbreak among Machine Tool Workers in the Basque Country (Spain). Epidemiology Research International،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448616
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Delgado Naranjo, Jesús…[et al.]. Study and Management of a Q Fever Outbreak among Machine Tool Workers in the Basque Country (Spain). Epidemiology Research International No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Delgado Naranjo, Jesús& Alonso Fustel, Eva& Aspiritxaga Gamarra, Inmaculada& Ezpeleta Lobato, Guillermo& Muniozguren Agirre, Nerea. Study and Management of a Q Fever Outbreak among Machine Tool Workers in the Basque Country (Spain). Epidemiology Research International. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448616
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-448616