Q fever outbreak in homeless shelter.
Urban outbreaks of Q fever have occurred after exposure to slaughterhouses or parturient cats. We detected an outbreak of Q fever in a homeless shelter in Marseilles. Investigations showed that the main factors exposing persons to Coxiella burnetii were an abandoned slaughterhouse, used for an annual Muslim sheep feast, and wind.
Université de la Méditérranée, Marseille, France.
Philippe
P
Brouqui
Sékéné
S
Badiaga
Didier
D
Raoult
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D016997:Coxiella burnetii; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D051379:Mice; D008875:Middle Aged; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D012756:Sheep / Q000382:microbiology; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D014919:Wind; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission