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

Public Health

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.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448616

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