A small proportion of disease surveillance programs target environment compartment, and
in the EU these are restricted to few countries. The present report is composed of two …

Q fever is a worldwide zoonosis caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium, Coxiella
burnetii, with only anecdotal reports of human‐to‐human transmission. The cause of human …

Simple Summary Abortions have a large economic impact in small ruminant flocks. Some
abortions may be induced by non-infectious causes but most of them are due to a broad …

We describe a large Q fever outbreak reported in Spain, including 108 cases, 53 with
pneumonia and 27 requiring hospitalisations. The first cases were detected in February …

Infection with the bacterium Coxiella burnetii can cause coxiellosis in animals and Q fever in
humans. Coxiellosis a consistently underreported infectious disease. The infection can …

Coxiella burnetii infection was monitored during seven kidding seasons (2017–2023) in a
dairy goat herd that after an outbreak of Q fever abortions was vaccinated with an inactivated …

Q fever outbreaks on three dairy goat farms (A–C) were monitored after the animals had
been vaccinated with an inactivated Coxiella burnetii phase I vaccine. The antibody …

Coxiella burnetii is an obligate intracellular zoonotic bacterium widespread in nature that
causes Q fever in animals and humans. The most common sources of human infection are …

Background Q fever is a bacterial zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. Spain has the
highest number of notified human cases in Europe. Small ruminants are a key reservoir for …

Introduction Infectious abortions have a major impact on small domestic ruminant farms, ie,
sheep and goats, both in terms of profitability and health status. Therefore, rapid and …