Urban outbreak of Q fever, Briançon, France, March to June 1996

A Armengaud; N Kessalis; J C Desenclos; E Maillot; P Brousse; P Brouqui; H Tixier-Dupont; D Raoult; P Provensal; Y Obadia

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Urban outbreak of Q fever, Briançon, France, March to June 1996
A Armengaud¹ , N Kessalis² , J C Desenclos³ , E Maillot³ , P Brousse⁴ , P Brouqui⁵ , H Tixier-Dupont⁵ , D Raoult⁵ , P Provensal⁶ , Y Obadia⁷
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Affiliations: ¹ Cellule Inter-Régionale d’Epidémiologie du sud est, Direction Régionale des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (DRASS PACA) / RNSP, France ² Direction Départementale des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales des Hautes Alpes, France ³ Réseau National de Santé Publique, Saint-Maurice, France ⁴ General Hospital of Briançon, France ⁵ National Reference Centre for Rickettsiosis, France ⁶ DRASS PACA, France ⁷ Observatoire Régional de la Santé PACA, France

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Citation style for this article: Armengaud A, Kessalis N, Desenclos J C, Maillot E, Brousse P, Brouqui P, Tixier-Dupont H, Raoult D, Provensal P, Obadia Y. Urban outbreak of Q fever, Briançon, France, March to June 1996. Euro Surveill. 1997;2(2):pii=137. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.02.02.00137-en

Abstract

Q fever is an ubiquitous zoonosis caused by the rickettsial organism Coxiella burnetii. Both sporadic cases and epidemics occur in areas where sheep and goats are bred. The main route of transmission is by inhalation of aerosols from the environment (soil