Q fever outbreak in the village of Noćaj, Srem county, Vojvodina province, Serbia, January to February 2012

S Medić; D Nitzan Kaluski; Z Šeguljev; J Obrenović; P Rudan; M Lazarević; J Jandrić Kočić; D Sajenković; I Pušić; D Bugarski; D Vidanović; M Šekler

doi:10.2807/ese.17.15.20143-en

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Q fever outbreak in the village of Noćaj, Srem county, Vojvodina province, Serbia, January to February 2012
S Medić¹ , D Nitzan Kaluski² , Z Šeguljev³ , J Obrenović⁴ , P Rudan⁵ , M Lazarević¹ , J Jandrić Kočić¹ , D Sajenković¹ , I Pušić⁶ , D Bugarski⁶ , D Vidanović⁷ , M Šekler⁷
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Affiliations: ¹ Institute of Public Health Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia ² World Health Organization, Country Office in Serbia ³ Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia ⁴ Institute of Public Health of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia ⁵ Institute of Public Health, Zrenjanin, Serbia ⁶ Veterinary Scientific Institute, Novi Sad, Serbia ⁷ Veterinary Specialized Institute Kraljevo, Serbia

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Citation style for this article: Medić S, Nitzan Kaluski D, Šeguljev Z, Obrenović J, Rudan P, Lazarević M, Jandrić Kočić J, Sajenković D, Pušić I, Bugarski D, Vidanović D, Šekler M. Q fever outbreak in the village of Noćaj, Srem county, Vojvodina province, Serbia, January to February 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(15):pii=20143. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.15.20143-en Received: 26 Mar 2012

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Abstract

From 27 January to 10 February 2012, a total of 43 cases of Q fever were notified in the village of No?aj, Srem county, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia. Q fever was laboratory confirmed in 37 notified cases. Alhough, the outbreak is considered over, the outbreak investigation is still ongoing in order to identify aetiologic factors relevant for this outbreak.