TY - JOUR AU - Christen, Jacques-Robert AU - Edouard, Sophie AU - Lamour, Thierry AU - Martinez, Enguerrane AU - Rousseau, Claire AU - de Laval, Franck AU - Catzeflis, François AU - Djossou, Félix AU - Raoult, Didier AU - Pommier de Santi, Vincent AU - Epelboin, Loïc T1 - Capybara and Brush Cutter Involvement in Q Fever Outbreak in Remote Area of Amazon Rain Forest, French Guiana, 2014 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 5 SP - 993 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We investigated a Q fever outbreak that occurred in an isolated area of the Amazon Rain Forest in French Guiana in 2014. Capybara fecal samples were positive for Coxiella burnetii DNA. Being near brush cutters in use was associated with disease development. Capybaras are a putative reservoir for C. burnetii. KW - Q fever KW - Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris KW - capybara KW - infectious aerosol KW - brush cutter KW - weed whacker KW - outbreak KW - Amazon Rainforest KW - French Guiana KW - Comté River KW - military personnel KW - bacteria KW - zoonoses KW - pneumonia KW - Coxiella burnetii KW - infectious aerosols KW - weed cutter KW - grass trimmer KW - Amazon Rain Forest KW - multispacer sequence type 17 KW - MST17 KW - sylvatic cycle DO - 10.3201/eid2605.190242 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0242_article ER - End of Reference