Q fever in the Netherlands – what matters is seriousness of disease rather than quantity

G Cilla; M Montes; E Pérez-Trallero

doi:10.2807/ese.13.37.18975-en

Letters Open Access

Like 0

Download

Q fever in the Netherlands – what matters is seriousness of disease rather than quantity
G Cilla^1,2 , M Montes^1,2 , E Pérez-Trallero^1,2,3
View Affiliations Hide Affiliations

Affiliations: ¹ Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain ² Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias CIBERes, San Sebastián, Spain ³ Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del País Vasco, San Sebastián, Spain

Correspondence:
E Pérez-Trallero
mikrobiol terra.es
View Citation Hide Citation

Citation style for this article: Cilla G, Montes M, Pérez-Trallero E. Q fever in the Netherlands – what matters is seriousness of disease rather than quantity . Euro Surveill. 2008;13(37):pii=18975. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.37.18975-en Received: 27 Aug 2008

Abstract

As the number of detected cases may be closely related to the intensity of the search and the methods and criteria used in the diagnosis, we believe that exhaustive surveillance under pressure from the media could lead to over-diagnosis and unnecessary treatments which, like that of pregnant women, are not free of risk.