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5. medicine & health: 1. diseases: Diseases: Infectious diseases: Q fever:
impactlab_2013 00124.txt
Goat cheese Back in 2010, the UK saw a major outbreak of Q fever disease. As a result, over 50,000 pregnant goats and sheep were culled
Nature 01211.txt
Tough lessons from Dutch Q fever outbreak: Nature Newsthe chief veterinary officer of The netherlands has defended the country's decision to cull thousands of goats in an effort to control an unprecedented outbreak of Q fever.
The netherlands can't take a chance, Christianne Bruschke told Nature after a meeting in Breda a city near the heart of the outbreak.
Q fever, caused by Coxiella burnetii bacteria, is harboured in mammals, birds and even insects. It can trigger abortions in goats and sheep and causes flu-like symptoms and sometimes pneumonia in humans.
project leader on Q fever in goats for the Central Veterinary Institute (CVI) in Wageningen, The netherlands.
Nature 01967.txt
Q-fever delay A report has found that the Dutch government took too long to respond to an outbreak of Q fever,
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