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

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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 15, 12 April 2012

Rapid communications


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

S Medić ()<SUP>1</SUP>, D Nitzan Kaluski<SUP>2</SUP>, Z ?eguljev<SUP>3</SUP>, J Obrenović<SUP>4</SUP>, P Rudan<SUP>5</SUP>, M Lazarević<SUP>1</SUP>, J Jandrić Kočić<SUP>1</SUP>, D Sajenković<SUP>1</SUP>, I Pu?ić<SUP>6</SUP>, D Bugarski<SUP>6</SUP>, D Vidanović<SUP>7</SUP>, M ?ekler<SUP>7</SUP>

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

<HR>Citation style for this article: Medić S, Nitzan Kaluski D, ?eguljev Z, Obrenović J, Rudan P, Lazarević M, Jandrić Kočić J, Sajenković D, Pu?ić I, Bugarski D, Vidanović D, ?ekler 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. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20143
Date of submission: 26 March 2012
<HR>From 27 January to 10 February 2012, a total of 43 cases of Q fever were notified in the village of Noćaj, 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.

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