Purpose of the Review Q fever, a bacterial zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii, is reported
very heterogeneously in humans in Latin America. The objective of this study was to review …

The location of Ecuador—an equatorial nation—favors the multiplication and dispersal of the
Leptospira genus both on the Pacific Coast and in the Amazon tropical ecoregions …

Q fever is caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium, Coxiella burnetii, a designated
potential agent of bioterrorism because of its route of transmission, resistance to …

Materials and Methods: Blood samples were collected from 160 apparently healthy farm
animals and 120 patients from three hospitals of the Assiut Governorate throughout …

Background Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii which is among the major
agents of community-acquired pneumonia in French Guiana. Despite its relatively high …

Coxiella burnetii is an obligate intracellular bacterium which, in humans, causes the disease
Q fever. Although Q fever is most often a mild, self-limiting respiratory disease, it can cause a …

Abstract Purpose of Review In this review, we report on the state of knowledge about human
Q fever in Brazil and on the Guiana Shield, an Amazonian region located in northeastern …

Coxiella burnetii is an intracellular bacterium and the cause of the zoonotic infection, Q
fever. National surveillance data on C. burnetii seroprevalence is currently not available for …

Coxiella burnetii is a highly transmissible intracellular bacterium with a low infective dose
that causes Q fever (coxiellosis), a notifiable zoonotic disease distributed worldwide …

Q fever and rickettsial diseases occur throughout the world and appear to be emergent
zoonoses in Chile. The diagnosis of these diseases is currently uncommon in Chile, as their …