ALLMedicine™ Q Fever Center

Jun 23rd, 2022 - Surveillance data shows a geographical overlap between the early coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the past Q fever epidemic (2007-2010) in the Netherlands. We investigated the relationship between past Q fever and severe acute resp...

Jun 23rd, 2022 - Early detection of and treatment for chronic Q fever might prevent potentially life-threatening complications. We performed a chronic Q fever screening program in general practitioner practices in the Netherlands 10 years after a large Q fever out...

Jun 21st, 2022 - Detection of the intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii, causative agent of chronic Q fever, is notoriously difficult. Diagnosis of and duration of antibiotic treatment for chronic Q fever is partly determined by detection of the bacterium with...

Jun 13th, 2022 - Background Ticks can carry and transmit a remarkable array of pathogens, including bacteria, spirochetes, rickettsiae, protozoa, viruses, nematodes, and toxins. A single tick bite can transmit multiple pathogens, a phenomenon that has led to atypi...

Jun 13th, 2022 - Background Ticks can carry and transmit a remarkable array of pathogens, including bacteria, spirochetes, rickettsiae, protozoa, viruses, nematodes, and toxins. A single tick bite can transmit multiple pathogens, a phenomenon that has led to atypi...

Mar 29th, 2013 - Q fever, a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii, can cause acute or chronic illness in humans. Transmission occurs primarily through inhalation of aerosols from contaminated soil or animal waste. No licensed vaccine is availa...

Jun 23rd, 2021 - Q fever fatigue syndrome (QFS) is one of the most frequent sequelae of Q fever, and constitutes a significant problem in the current outbreak of Q fever. QFS leads to substantial morbidity and has a high socio-economic burden, related to increased...

Jan 3rd, 2020 - Study Objectives: 1. Continue to collect and assess safety data on Q Fever Vaccine, Phase I, Inactivated, Freeze-Dried, NDBR 105, and 2) Provide vaccine that potentially protects personnel at risk for occupational exposure to Q Fever and collect d...

Jan 2nd, 2020 - The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of Q Fever Vaccine, Phase I, Inactivated, Dried, NDBR 105 and collect data on incidence of occupational Q fever infection in vaccinated personnel.

Nov 13th, 2019 - This is a single group trial with the participants acting as their own controls. The study is split into two parts; the first to determine a typical consumer dose when applied to repel ticks, and the second to evaluate the longevity of that consum...

May 30th, 2018 - In order to estimate seroprevalence and risk factors for Coxiella burnetii infection in humans, the investigators will conduct a cross-sectional study in three groups: blood donors at blood donation organizations (general population) beef and dair...

Jun 17th, 2022 - The long-term health consequences of COVID-19 have refocused our attention on post-acute infection syndromes (PAIS), starting a discussion on the need for a complete understanding of multisystemic pathophysiology, clinical indicators, and the epid...

Sep 23rd, 2019 - Ticks can carry and transmit a remarkable array of pathogens, including bacteria, spirochetes, rickettsiae, protozoa, viruses, nematodes, and toxins. A single tick bite can transmit multiple pathogens, a phenomenon that has led to atypical present...

May 15th, 2018 - There appears to be no causal link between acute Q fever and the development of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to findings from a retrospective analysis of 12 years of Dutch data. Sonja E.

Nov 1st, 2015 - THE CASE A 76-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease presented with a fever, headache, and malaise one week after returning from a big game hunting trip in South Africa. Five days after his return, he noticed lesions on his right l.

Oct 14th, 2015 - A vacuole containing Coxiella burnetii Image courtesy of NIAID The bacterium that causes Q fever may confer an increased risk of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and follicular lymphoma (FL), according to a study published in Blood. Q fever i.