TY - JOUR AU - Hatchette, Todd AU - Hudson, Robert AU - Schlech, Walter AU - Campbell, Nancy AU - Hatchette, Jill AU - Ratnam, Sam AU - Raoult, Didier AU - Donovan, Catherine AU - Marrie, Thomas T1 - Goat-Associated Q Fever: A New Disease in Newfoundland T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 3 SP - 413 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In the spring of 1999 in rural Newfoundland, abortions in goats were associated with illness in goat workers. An epidemiologic investigation and a serologic survey were conducted in April 1999 to determine the number of infections, nature of illness, and risk factors for infection. Thirty seven percent of the outbreak cohort had antibody titers to phase II Coxiella burnetii antigen >1:64, suggesting recent infection. The predominant clinical manifestation of Q fever was an acute febrile illness. Independent risk factors for infection included contact with goat placenta, smoking tobacco, and eating cheese made from pasteurized goat milk. This outbreak raises questions about management of such outbreaks, interprovincial sale and movement of domestic ungulates, and the need for discussion between public health practitioners and the dairy industry on control of this highly infectious organism. KW - Q fever KW - Coxiella burnetii KW - outbreak KW - goats KW - cheese KW - Newfoundland KW - Canada DO - 10.3201/eid0703.017308 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/3/01-7308_article ER - End of Reference