Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
Volume 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 266-270

Q-fever in a refugee after exposure to a central New York State livestock farm (Article)

Qazi M. , Weimer A. , Bedard B.* , Kennedy B.
  • a University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, United States
  • b Monroe County Department of Public Health, Rochester, United States, New York State Department of Health, Buffalo, United States
  • c Monroe County Department of Public Health, Rochester, United States, Orleans County Health Department, 14012 Route 31 West, Albion, NY 14411, United States
  • d Monroe County Department of Public Health, Rochester, United States, New Haven Health Department, New Haven, CT, United States

Abstract

Q-fever is a zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii that can create an acute or chronic form of the illness. In March 2014, Q-fever was identified by serology and Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR), in a 62 year-old male that was a Nepalese refugee. The male visited a livestock farm with a slaughterhouse in rural Central New York State, twenty-two days prior to onset of symptoms. He had direct handling of goats on this farm prior to slaughter. We describe the case presentation of his illness and the public health epidemiological investigation.

Author Keywords

Q-fever real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) Refugee Public health

Index Keywords

livestock erythrocyte sedimentation rate piperacillin plus tazobactam refugee iron binding capacity ceruloplasmin human bone marrow biopsy middle aged splenomegaly haptoglobin doxycycline human tissue New York male case report hyponatremia bacterial endocarditis Article Q Fever Coxiella burnetii C reactive protein adult slaughterhouse flow cytometry ferritin computer assisted tomography real time polymerase chain reaction
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.184783
ISSN: 17556783
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English