The “One Health” concept recognizes that human health is connected to animal health and
to the ecosystems. Coxiella burnetii–induced human Q fever is one of the most widespread …

Background Tick-borne zoonoses in the Order Rickettsiales and Legionellales cause
infections that often manifest as undifferentiated fevers that are not easy to distinguish from …

Background Q fever in Kenya is poorly reported and its surveillance is highly neglected.
Standard empiric treatment for febrile patients admitted to hospitals is antimalarials or …

Background Q fever is an endemic disease in different parts of Iran. This study aimed to
investigate the prevalence of acute Q fever disease among at-risk individuals in …

Introduction. Coxiella burnetii is the agent of Q fever, a worldwide zoonosis. To add to the
available knowledge of the disease in China, C. burnetti infections were investigated in …

Ticks are important disease vectors in Kenya with documented evidence of carriage of
zoonotic pathogens. Coxiella burnetii is an important tick‐borne pathogen that is …

Purpose The incidence of vector-borne zoonoses has been increasing in Europe as a result
of global climate change, and rickettsioses are a significant etiologic entity among these …

The brucellosis and Q-fever coinfection is very rarely reported. To our knowledge, this is the
first case report of concomitant brucellosis and Q-fever, most likely imported in Croatia. A 30 …

Results: Among the 788 serum samples, 356 animals had anti-Coxiella burnetii
immunoglobulin G antibodies with an overall seroprevalence of 45.4%. Significant …

Background: Q fever is rarely reported in children/adolescents. Although lower reporting
rates are commonly attributed to milder disease and subsequent underdiagnosis in infected …