Acute Q fever in patients with an influenza-like illness in regional New South Wales, Australia.

• Main Authors: Chaturaka Rodrigo (Author), Gregory Walker (Author), Andrea T K Sevendal (Author), Chelsea Nguyen (Author), Sacha Stelzer-Braid (Author), William Rawlinson (Author), Stephen Graves (Author), Heather F Gidding (Author), John Stenos (Author), Andrew R Lloyd (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Introduction</h4>Query (Q) fever is a zoonosis caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii typically presenting as an influenza-like illness (ILI) with or without hepatitis. The infection may be missed by clinicians in settings of low endemicity, as the presentation is clinically not s...