According to Dutch experts,
Q-fever is caused by bacteria (Coxiella burnetii) released when pregnant goats or sheep have spontaneous abortions.
Mr Ticer, who worked as a coach driver for 25 years before the illness struck, said: "When I mention
Q-fever to doctors they say they have never heard of it.
Dutch experts say
Q-fever is caused by a bacteria called Coxiella burnetii that is released when pregnant goats or sheep have spontaneous abortions.
Other causes of fever that may cause fever-pulse dissociation include Legionella, psittacosis, and
Q-fever. Fictitious fever is not at all uncommon.
The use of a geographic information system to identify a dairy goat farm as the most likely source of an urban
Q-fever outbreak.
Questions abound in
Q-fever explosion in the Netherlands.
Q-fever in the Greek Island of Crete; epidemiologic, clinical and therapeutic data from 98 cases.
Rickettsia burneti: the cause of
Q-fever. Med J Aust.
Household outbreak of
Q-fever pneumonia related to a parturient cat.
An explosive outbreak of
Q-fever in Jedl'ove Kostol'any, Slovakia.
An outbreak of cat-associated
Q-fever in the United States.