Q fever is a zoonosis. Humans are infected through the inhalation of Coxiella burnetii particles that are dispersed into the air from the birth products or faeces of ruminants. Major outbreaks can occur in association with farming activities. C. burnetii can be disseminated by wind up to several tens of kilometres and infect humans far from its zoonotic source. As a result, the sources of sporadic cases are rarely identified. We report a sporadic case of acute Q fever in a French farmer returning from a cruise in the Caribbean. Careful examination found that the infection was not associated with travel, and a veterinary investigation identified C. burnetii DNA (MST genotype 8) in the faeces, nasal and vaginal swabs of several ewes from her herd of sheep. As a consequence, the herd was slaughtered to avoid dissemination of the infection.
- MeSH
- Coxiella burnetii genetika izolace a purifikace MeSH
- genotyp MeSH
- hospodářská zvířata MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nemoci ovcí diagnóza prevence a kontrola přenos MeSH
- ovce MeSH
- Q-horečka diagnóza prevence a kontrola přenos MeSH
- zoonózy diagnóza prevence a kontrola přenos MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- kazuistiky MeSH
