A Q Fever Outbreak with a High Rate of Abortions at a Dairy Goat Farm: Coxiella burnetii Shedding, Environmental Contamination, and Viability

• Published in: Applied and environmental microbiology Vol. 84; no. 20
• Main Authors: Álvarez-Alonso, Raquel, Basterretxea, Mikel, Barandika, Jesús F, Hurtado, Ana, Idiazabal, Jasone, Jado, Isabel, Beraza, Xabier, Montes, Milagros, Liendo, Paloma, García-Pérez, Ana L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 01.10.2018
• Subjects: Abortion; Aerosols; Agricultural pollution; Alpine environments; Arthralgia; Bacteria; Caprinae; Cell culture; Contamination; Coxiella burnetii; Dairy farms; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Dust; Dust control; Environmental monitoring; Epidemics; Excretion; Farms; Feces; Food contamination; Genotypes; Goats; Inoculation; Mucus; Myalgia; Outbreaks; Parturition; Public and Environmental Health Microbiology; Q fever; Seroconversion; Shedding; Vagina; Vero cells; Viability; Workers; SNP; Coxiella burnetii; dust; goats; MST; viability

This study describes a Q fever outbreak in a herd of 77 Alpine goats which suffered a high rate of abortions (81% [58/72]) in January 2017 and presents the results of monitoring the contamination and viability of in the farm environment several months after the outbreak. Over the course of 7 months,...