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by NEWS DESK
Nineteen cases of coxiellosis (Q fever), which is transmitted, in particular, by animals, have been registered this year in the Rostov region, Svetlana Nenadskaya, head of the epidemiological surveillance department of the regional Rospotrebnadzor, told state-media, RIA Novosti.
“This year, 19 laboratory-confirmed cases of coxiellosis have been registered in the Salsky and Remontnensky districts of the Rostov region … The last time this disease was recorded in the region was in 2001-2002,” the agency’s spokesperson said, adding that no deaths were registered.
According to Nenadskaya, the surge in incidence is likely due to “active circulation of the pathogen in the external environment.” The reasons for this are currently being studied by experts.
Q fever is caused by the obligate intracellular pathogen, Coxiella burnetii. The disease is usually transmitted to people through either infected milk or through aerosols. ...
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/russia-19-q-fever-cases-confirmed-in-the-rostov-region-68042/
by NEWS DESK
Nineteen cases of coxiellosis (Q fever), which is transmitted, in particular, by animals, have been registered this year in the Rostov region, Svetlana Nenadskaya, head of the epidemiological surveillance department of the regional Rospotrebnadzor, told state-media, RIA Novosti.
“This year, 19 laboratory-confirmed cases of coxiellosis have been registered in the Salsky and Remontnensky districts of the Rostov region … The last time this disease was recorded in the region was in 2001-2002,” the agency’s spokesperson said, adding that no deaths were registered.
According to Nenadskaya, the surge in incidence is likely due to “active circulation of the pathogen in the external environment.” The reasons for this are currently being studied by experts.
Q fever is caused by the obligate intracellular pathogen, Coxiella burnetii. The disease is usually transmitted to people through either infected milk or through aerosols. ...
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/russia-19-q-fever-cases-confirmed-in-the-rostov-region-68042/