Abstract
Goat-Associated Q Fever: A New Disease in Newfoundland
Highlights
In the spring of 1999 in rural Newfoundland, abortions in goats were associated with illness in goat workers
An epidemiologic investigation and serologic survey were started in April 1999 to determine the extent of the outbreak in animals and humans, the nature of the clinical illness, and risk factors for Q fever associated with this outbreak
Coxiella was identified in placental samples examined by using electron microscopy and light microscopy (Gimenez stain), and C. burnetii DNA was demonstrated in all three placental samples with polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Summary
In the spring of 1999 in rural Newfoundland, abortions in goats were associated with illness in goat workers. Independent risk factors for infection included contact with goat placenta, smoking tobacco, and eating cheese made from pasteurized goat milk. This outbreak raises questions about management of such outbreaks, interprovincial sale and movement of domestic ungulates, and the need for discussion between public health practitioners and the dairy industry on control of this highly infectious organism. An epidemiologic investigation and serologic survey were started in April 1999 to determine the extent of the outbreak in animals and humans, the nature of the clinical illness, and risk factors for Q fever associated with this outbreak
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