title: Q fever among culling workers, the Netherlands, 2009-2010.
abstract: In 2009, dairy goat farms in the Netherlands were implicated in >2,300 cases of Q fever; in response, 51,820 small ruminants were culled. Among 517 culling workers, despite use of personal protective equipment, 17.5% seroconverted for antibodies to Coxiella burnetii. Vaccination of culling workers could be considered.
authors: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. jane.whelan@rivm.nl
authors: Jane
authors: J
authors: Whelan
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Schimmer
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Schneeberger
authors: Jamie
authors: J
authors: Meekelenkamp
authors: Arnold
authors: A
authors: Ijff
authors: Wim
authors: W
authors: van der Hoek
authors: Mirna
authors: M
authors: Robert-Du Ry van Beest Holle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D016997:Coxiella burnetii; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D011778:Q Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D012698:Serologic Tests; D012756:Sheep / Q000382:microbiology