PMID: 9556180Apr 29, 1998Paper

An outbreak of sheep-associated Q fever in a rural community in Germany

European Journal of Epidemiology
O LyytikäinenL Petersen

Abstract

In spring 1996, an outbreak of Q fever occurred among residents of a rural town (population: 300) in Germany. A retrospective cohort study was conducted to ascertain the extent of the outbreak and to assess potential risk factors for illness. In July 1996, all residents > or =15 years received a self-administered questionnaire and were offered Coxiella burnetii antibody testing. Residents were considered to have probable Q fever if they had a positive result for IgM C. burnetii antibodies by ELISA or possible Q fever if they had fever > or =39 degrees C lasting >2 days and > or =3 symptoms (chills, sweats, severe headache, cough, aching muscles/joints, back pain, fatigue, or feeling ill) after 1 January 1996. Two hundred (84%) of the 239 residents aged > or =15 years either completed the questionnaire or submitted blood for antibody testing. Forty-five (23%) of these 200 met the probable or possible case definitions. Onsets of illness occurred in January-June 1996. Cases were geographically distributed throughout the town. Persons reporting contact with sheep (32% vs 18%, RR: 1.8, 95% CI: 1.1-2.9) and walking near a large sheep farm located next the town (34% vs 8%, RR: 4.5, 95% CI: 1.7-12.2) were more likely to have met the ca...Continue Reading

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