1997•EurosurveillanceOpen access

Urban outbreak of Q fever, Briançon, France, March to June 1996

A. Armengaud, N Kessalis, J C Desenclos, E Maillot, Paul Brousse, Philippe Brouqui, H Tixier-Dupont, Didier Raoult, P Provensal, Yolande Obadia

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Q fever is an ubiquitous zoonosis caused by the rickettsial organism Coxiella burnetii. Both sporadic cases and epidemics occur in areas where sheep and goats are bred. The main route of transmission is by inhalation of aerosols from the environment (soil

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Key concepts: Q fever, Coxiella burnetii, Outbreak, Zoonosis, Transmission (telecommunications), Rickettsiosis, Geography, Airborne transmission