Professional paper

Q-fever in Primorsko-goranska County from 1999 to 2005

Nada Brnčić
Marin Dominović

Abstract

Q-fever (Query fever) is one of the leading zoonosis in our country, which, in particular cases, usually remains undetectable. A six-year period in Primorsko-goranska County, from 1999 to 2005, has been
analyzed in the study. A total of 75 cases concerning Q-fever have been reported, out of which 58 (77%) involved men, mostly between 21 and 30 years of age – 18 (24%). The disease usually appears in the late winter or early spring. There have been no cases having mortal consequences and only 15 patients have been hospitalized. A special emphasis and research has been given to the Q-fever epidemics that occurred in the year 2004 in Novi Vinodolski and its outskirts.

Keywords

Q-fever; Primorsko-goranska county; 1999-2005

Hrčak ID:

16702

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/16702

Publication date:

16.10.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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