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.
Brouqui
Philippe
P
Université de la Méditérranée, Marseille, France.
Badiaga
Sékéné
S
Raoult
Didier
D
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