Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Animals
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Coxiella burnetii*
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Disease Outbreaks*
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France / epidemiology
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Humans
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Ill-Housed Persons*
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Islam
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Mice
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Middle Aged
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Q Fever / epidemiology*
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Q Fever / transmission
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Sheep / microbiology
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Sheep Diseases / microbiology
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Sheep Diseases / transmission
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Wind
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Zoonoses / microbiology
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Zoonoses / transmission