At a glance
Download and review U.S. agency and association guidelines, important journal articles, occupational reports, and CDC fact sheets to learn more about Q fever.
Resources
Centers for Disease control and Prevention. Diagnosis and management of Q fever - United States, 2013. MMWR Recommendations and Reports 2013; 62(3)
National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians and National Assembly of State Animal Health Officials. Prevention and Control and Coxiella burnetii infection among Humans and Animals: Guidance for a Coordinated Public Health and Animal Health Response. 2013.
National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians. Compendium of Measures to Prevent Disease Assocated with Animals in Public Settings, 2017.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Evaluation of factors that would initiate or propagate epidemic coxiellosis in the U.S. domesticated goat population. USDA: APHIS: VS: Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health. Fort Collins, CO. June 2013.
Acute and chronic Q fever national surveillance - United States, 2008-2017
Cherry CC, Nichols Heitman K, Bestful NC, Kersh GJ. Zoonoses Public Health. 2022 Mar;69(2): 73-82.
Q fever (comprehensive overview published in Clinical Microbiology Reviews)
Maurin M, Raoult D. Clin Microbiol Rev 1999 Oct;12(4):518-553.
Diagnosis of Q fever
Fournier PE, Marrie TG, Raolt D. J Clin Microbiol 1998 Jul;36(7):1823-1834
Q fever
McQuiston JH, Childs JE, Thompson HA, JAVMA 2022;221(6):796-799.
Q fever in humans and animals in the United States
McQuiston JH, Childs JE. Vect B Zoon Dis 2002 Sep;2(3):179-191.
Q fever and the U.S. military
Anderson AD, Smoak B, Shuping E, Ockenhouse C, Petruccelli B. Emer Infect Dis 2005 Aug;11(8):1320-1322
Wind in November, Q Fever in December Tissot-Dupont H, Amadei A-M, Nezri M, Raoult D. Emer Infect Dis 2004 Jul; 10(7):1264-1269
Q fever: a biological weapon in your backyard
Madariaga MG, Rezai K, Trenholme GM, Weinstein RA, Lancet Infect Dis. 2003;3(11):709-21.
Q fever in the Netherlands: an update on the epidemiology and control measures.
Van der Hoek W, Dijkstra F, Schimmer B, Schneeberger P, Vellema P, Wijkemans C, et al. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(12):19520.
Microbiological challenges in the diagnosis of chronic Q fever.
Kampschreur LM, Oosterheert JJ, Koop AMC, Wegdam-Blans MCA, Delsing CE, Bleeker-Rovers CP, et al. Clin Vccine Immunol. 2012 May 1, 2012;19(5):787-90.
Surveillance for Q fever endocarditis in the United States, 1999-2015.
Straily A, Dahlgren FS, Peterson A, Paddock CD, Clin Infect Dis. 2017.
Seroprevalence of Q fever in the United States, 2003-2004.
Anderson, AD, Kruszon-Moran D, Loftis AD, McQuillan G, Nicholson WL, Priestley RA, et al. AJTMH 2009;81(4):691-4.
Presence and persistence of Coxiella burnetii in the environments of goat farms associated with a Q fever outbreak.
Kersh GJ, Fitzpatrick KA, Self JS, Priestley RA, Kelly AJ, Lash RR, et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2013;79(5):1697-703.
From Q fever to Coxiella burnetii infection: a paradigm change.
Eldin C, Mélenotte C, Mediannikov O, GHigo E, Million M, Edouard S, et al. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2017;30(1):115-90.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Evaluation of Zoonotic Disease and Exposure in Persons Working with Marine Mammals. Health Hazard Evaluation Program, Report 1011-0105-3173.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Evaluation of Hepatitis among Bentonite Mine Workers, Wyoming. Health Hazard Evaluation Program, report 1992-0361-2343.