dc.contributor.author | Delgado Naranjo, Jesús | |
dc.contributor.author | Alonso Fustel, Eva | |
dc.contributor.author | Aspiritxaga Gamarra, Inmaculada | |
dc.contributor.author | Ezpeleta Lobato, Guillermo | |
dc.contributor.author | Muniozguren Agirre, Nerea | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-06-09T15:51:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-06-09T15:51:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Epidemiology Research International 2011 : (2011) // Article ID 136946 | es |
dc.identifier.issn | 2090-2972 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2090-2980 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/2795 | |
dc.description | 5 p. | es |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study is to describe a Q fever outbreak that affected the staff of a
machine-tool factory in the Basque Country between 2009/12/20 and 2010/02/23.
Study subjects were interviewed using a Q fever specific questionnaire and tested
for Q fever serology (immunofluorescence assay with phase II antigen) and
detecting Coxiella burnetii DNA using real-time PCR. We interviewed and tested 40
employees (90% of the staff). 33 employees, all of them men, had positive
serology (attack rate 82.5%, 95% CI: 70.2–94.8). Mean age was 43.7 years
(95% CI: 38.7–48.7) in positive men, 33.7 years (95% CI: −16.6–83.9) in negative
men, and 36.25 (95% CI: 27.5–45.0) in women (all negatives). 15 cases (45.5%)
were asymptomatic, 9 (27.3%) had flu-like symptoms, and the other 9 (27.3%) had
developed radiologically confirmed pneumonia. We obtained 28 blood samples, 22
faeces samples, 11 milk samples, and one vaginal swab from 28 goats resting in a
stable near the factory. Serology was positive in 18 goats (64.3%). All
environmental samples were negative. | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors would like to thank Microbiology Laboratory of Basurto Hospital, Work Health services of the factory, Work Health Institute (OSALAN), Unit of Preventive Medicine of Cruces Hospital, and the factory management and the factory staff for their collaboration and facilities provided. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Hindawi Publishing Corporation | es |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.title | Study and Management of a Q Fever Outbreak among Machine Tool Workers in the Basque Country (Spain) | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright © 2011 Jesús Delgado Naranjo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | http://www.hindawi.com/journals/eri/2011/136946/ | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1155/2011/136946 | |
dc.departamentoes | Medicina preventiva y salud pública | es_ES |
dc.departamentoeu | Prebentzio medikuntza eta osasun publikoa | es_ES |
dc.subject.categoria | EPIDEMIOLOGY | |