Q fever outbreak at a cosmetics supply factory.
Q fever is a zoonotic disease that is most commonly associated with outbreaks in slaughterhouses. We describe an outbreak of 4 cases occurring in a factory that processes ovine fetal products for the cosmetics industry. It is important that industries typically not associated with risk of Q fever are made aware of potential health risks that workers might be exposed to so further outbreaks might be prevented.
Wade
Amanda J
AJ
Department of Infectious Diseases, Geelong Hospital, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Cheng
Allen C
AC
Athan
Eugene
E
Molloy
Jo L
JL
Harris
Owen C
OC
Stenos
John
J
Hughes
Andrew J
AJ
D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003358:Cosmetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010920:Placenta; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012756:Sheep; D014611:Vaccination
D003358:Cosmetics