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Fiebre Q: revisión histórica de casos humanos en Uruguay. Abordaje desde la complementariedad entre las ciencias médicas y veterinarias

Rev. méd. Urug; 38 (2), 2022
Resumen: La fiebre Q es una zoonosis distribuida mundialmente, causada por Coxiella burnetii. Los bovinos, ovinos y caprinos son la fuente más frecuente de infección en humanos, en los que la enfermedad es de notificación obligatoria ante el Ministerio de Salud Pública. Revisamos las publicaciones qu...

Coxiella Burnetti Infective Endocarditis - Detection and Cure

First molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in Brazilian artisanal cheese: a neglected food safety hazard in ready-to-eat raw-milk product

Braz. j. infect. dis; 24 (3), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Global publications on Q fever have increased after the 2007 epidemic in the Netherlands. However, the epidemiology of Q fever/coxiellosis in Brazil is still poorly understood. Accordingly, there have been few studies investigating the presence of Coxiella burnetii in dairy products...

Presentación de la fiebre Q simulando leptospirosis grave

Rev. cuba. med. trop; 71 (2), 2019
La fiebre Q aguda es una zoonosis ubicua, que habitualmente se presenta con cuadros febriles autolimitados. En presencia de un cuadro séptico con manifestaciones de disfunción multiórgano, hepatitis colestásica, distres respiratorio o la insuficiencia renal como semiología dominante y cultivos negat...

Coxiella burnetii associated with BVDV (Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus), BoHV (Bovine Herpesvirus), Leptospira spp, Neospora caninum, Toxoplasma gondii and Trypanosoma vivax in reproductive disorders in cattle

Abstract This is a cross-sectional study to assess the presence of antibodies in ruminants against selected pathogens associated with reproductive disorders in cattle in four Brazilian states, including the zoonotic agent Coxiella burnetii. The used tests were Virus Neutralization Assay for IBR and BVD, ...

Coxiella burnetii e a febre Q no Brasil, uma questão de saúde pública

Resumo A Febre Q é uma zoonose de ampla distribuição mundial, apesar dos poucos relatos associados a sua ocorrência no Brasil. "Coxiella burnetii", agente etiológico da Febre Q, é um cocobacilo gram-negativo, parasita intracelular obrigatório da ordem Legionellales. O microrganismo geralmente estÃ...

Coxiella burnetii infection in sheep and goats: a public risk health, Colombia

Infectio; 22 (4), 2018
Objective. The aim of this study was to provide molecular evidence of C. burnetii in sheep and goats from some herds of Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia. Materials and methods. Fifteen herds of sheep and goats were chosen by convenience to investigate the infection by C. burnetii, during March and April of...

Serological diagnosis and risk factors for Coxiella burnetii in goats and sheep in a semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil

Abstract Coxiella burnetii is a zoonotic agent transmitted mainly by small ruminants. In Brazil the disease has been classified as a notifiable disease since 2013, when human cases were reported. This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with the presence of anti- Coxiella burnetii antibodies ...

Investigação sorológica de Rickettsia rickettsii e Coxiella burnetii em caprinos e ovinos no entorno do Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões, Piauí

Pesqui. vet. bras; 37 (6), 2017
As doenças causadas por bactérias dos gêneros Rickettsia e Coxiella possuem como vetores artrópodes hematófagos, na sua maioria carrapatos, que atuam diretamente na transmissão de patógenos responsáveis por enfermidades de grande impacto na medicina veterinária e humana. O presente estudo objeti...

Seroprevalencia de Coxiella burnetii en trabajadores de fincas ganaderas del departamento de Antioquia

Acta méd. colomb; 40 (1), 2015
Introducción: Coxiella burnetii es el agente etiológico de la fiebre Q, zoonosis asociada principalmente al contacto con ganado bovino y caprino. El principal modo de transmisión es el contacto con productos del parto, sangre, leche, lana, además de la inhalación de las esporas de la bacteria, que p...