Clinical presentation of acute Q fever in lanzarote (Canary Islands): a 2-year prospective study.
The clinical manifestations of acute Q fever may differ markedly from country to country. In this regard, fever and hepatitis seem to be the dominant clinical features of acute Coxiella burnetii infection in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. A possible interaction between environmental factors and some strains of C. burnetii could explain the different clinical presentations of acute Q fever.
Pascual Velasco
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Service of Internal Medicine, Hospital of Laredo, Cantabria, Spain.
Borobio Enciso
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González Lama
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Carrascosa Porras
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D001266:Atlantic Islands / Q000453:epidemiology; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G