Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Wind in November, Q fever in December

Hervé Tissot-Dupont*, Marie-Antoinette Amadei†, Meyer Nezri†, and Didier Raoult*

Author affiliations: *Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France; †Centre Hospitalier Général, Martigues, France

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Figure 1

Etang de Berre area of France, showing the location of “La Crau” (sheep-breeding area), and the direction of the mistral wind. The black dots represent the human Q fever cases (places of residence). The white dots represent the 7 cases which occurred in December 1998 to January 1999.

Figure 1. Etang de Berre area of France, showing the location of “La Crau” (sheep-breeding area), and the direction of the mistral wind. The black dots represent the human Q fever cases (places of residence). The white dots represent the 7 cases which occurred in December 1998 to January 1999.

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