| Subject: | CDC Issues Health Advisory on the Potential for Q Fever Infection Among Travelers Returning from Iraq and the Netherlands |
| Category: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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| Published: | Fri, 14 May 2010 - 08:00 am |
| The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory on the potential for Q fever infection among travelers returning from Iraq and the Netherlands. According to the CDC, healthcare providers in the United States should consider Q fever in the differential diagnosis of persons with febrile illness, pneumonia or hepatitis who have recently been in Iraq or the Netherlands. Q fever is a zoonotic disease with both acute and chronic phases caused by the pathogen Coxiella... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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