Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in Africa: a OneHealth systematic review.

• Main Authors: Sky Vanderburg (Author), Matthew P Rubach (Author), Jo E B Halliday (Author), Sarah Cleaveland (Author), Elizabeth A Reddy (Author), John A Crump (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Q fever is a common cause of febrile illness and community-acquired pneumonia in resource-limited settings. Coxiella burnetii, the causative pathogen, is transmitted among varied host species, but the epidemiology of the organism in Africa is poorly understood. We cond...