Volume 10, Number 7—July 2004
Research
Q Fever Outbreak in Industrial Setting
Hugo C. van Woerden*
, Brendan W. Mason*, Lika K. Nehaul†, Robert Smith*, Roland L. Salmon*, Brendan Healy‡, Manoj Valappil§, Diana Westmoreland§, Sarah de Martin†, Meirion R. Evans*, Graham Lloyd¶, Marysia Hamilton-Kirkwood‡, and Nina S. Williams*
, Brendan W. Mason*, Lika K. Nehaul†, Robert Smith*, Roland L. Salmon*, Brendan Healy‡, Manoj Valappil§, Diana Westmoreland§, Sarah de Martin†, Meirion R. Evans*, Graham Lloyd¶, Marysia Hamilton-Kirkwood‡, and Nina S. Williams*Table 1
Frequency of symptoms in 55 symptomatic patients with confirmed cases of Q fever, Newport, Wales, August-September 2002
| Symptom | Yes (%) | Not sure |
|---|---|---|
| Fever |
41 (75) |
1 |
| Sweats |
53 (96) |
0 |
| Headache |
51 (93) |
1 |
| Weight loss |
26 (47) |
2 |
| Cough |
24 (44) |
0 |
| Shortness of breath |
25 (45) |
2 |
| Joint pain |
44 (80) |
3 |
| Chest pain |
20 (36) |
5 |
| Jaundice | 4 (7)a | 5 |
aThese responses represent a misunderstanding of the term jaundice, since none of these persons had clinical jaundice.
