PMID: 2483896Sep 1, 1989Paper

[Prevalence of antibodies against Coxiella burnetii in 2 geographical zones of Tuscany].

Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunità
E TiscioneL F Signorini

Abstract

Q Fever, caused by Coxiella burneti, was first identified as a separate syndrome in 1937 in Australia. Usually it takes the form of an acute atypic lung pneumonia disease, but subclinic or non-typical forms are also known. Q Fever is a zoonoses. The most important source of infection is represented by sheep; the transmission to man occurs by vectors (ticks), or more often by carriers as aerosol, non-pasteurized milk and dairy products. In Italy the first outbreaks of Q Fever date back to the end of World War II and lated until the beginning of the sixties. Since the seventies only a few sporadic cases have been notified, suggesting a low endemic situation. In Tuscany Q Fever presented the same epidemiological characteristics as in Italy. The causes of this particular epidemiological evolution are not clear. We suspect that it might be partly an illusion, caused by an inaccurate evaluation of the real number of cases, due to both the high frequency of atipic clinic forms and the lack of attention of doctors. On the other hand, a reduction in the circulation of C. burneti in the environment could be explained by a limitation of infection to man caused by changed sheep-breeding systems and a consequence of socio-economic evolution...Continue Reading

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