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PRO/AH/EDR> Q fever – Germany: (RP) sheep cell therapy, 2014
Q Fever -- GermanyGram negative intracellular bacteria (_Coxiella burnetii_) cause Q fever, a zoonotic disease usually subclinical in livestock and humans. Typically, human patients show signs and symptoms, such as fever, severe headache, nausea, pneumonia, or hepatitis, 2-3 weeks after injection. Chronic Q fever develops in 1 per cent to 5 per cent of patients (1).On 5 Aug 2014, a local health department in the Federal State of the Rhineland Palatinate in southern Germany alerted the Federal State Read more [...]
