The Epidemiology of Q Fever in England and Wales 2000–2015

Between 2000 and 2015, 904 cases of acute Q fever were reported in England and Wales. The case dataset had a male to female ratio of 2.5:1, and a median age of 45 years. Two outbreaks were recognised during this time period, and the incidence of sporadic cases was highest across the southwest of Eng...

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Autores principales: Halsby, Kate D., Kirkbride, Hilary, Walsh, Amanda L., Okereke, Ebere, Brooks, Timothy, Donati, Matthew, Morgan, Dilys
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Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5606603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29056687
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci4020028
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author Halsby, Kate D.
Kirkbride, Hilary
Walsh, Amanda L.
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description Between 2000 and 2015, 904 cases of acute Q fever were reported in England and Wales. The case dataset had a male to female ratio of 2.5:1, and a median age of 45 years. Two outbreaks were recognised during this time period, and the incidence of sporadic cases was highest across the southwest of England, and Wales. There are limitations in the surveillance system for Q fever, including possible geographical differences in reporting and limited epidemiological data collection. The surveillance system needs to be strengthened in order to improve the quality and completeness of the epidemiological dataset. The authors conclude with recommendations on how to achieve this.
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spelling pubmed-56066032017-10-18 The Epidemiology of Q Fever in England and Wales 2000–2015 Halsby, Kate D. Kirkbride, Hilary Walsh, Amanda L. Okereke, Ebere Brooks, Timothy Donati, Matthew Morgan, Dilys Vet Sci Article Between 2000 and 2015, 904 cases of acute Q fever were reported in England and Wales. The case dataset had a male to female ratio of 2.5:1, and a median age of 45 years. Two outbreaks were recognised during this time period, and the incidence of sporadic cases was highest across the southwest of England, and Wales. There are limitations in the surveillance system for Q fever, including possible geographical differences in reporting and limited epidemiological data collection. The surveillance system needs to be strengthened in order to improve the quality and completeness of the epidemiological dataset. The authors conclude with recommendations on how to achieve this. MDPI 2017-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5606603/ /pubmed/29056687 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci4020028 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short The Epidemiology of Q Fever in England and Wales 2000–2015
title_sort epidemiology of q fever in england and wales 2000–2015
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