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Case Reports
. 2006 Apr 1;42(7):e50-2.
doi: 10.1086/501127. Epub 2006 Feb 22.

Q fever outbreak at a cosmetics supply factory

Amanda J Wade  1 , Allen C Cheng, Eugene Athan, Jo L Molloy, Owen C Harris, John Stenos, Andrew J Hughes
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Q fever outbreak at a cosmetics supply factory

Amanda J Wade et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Q fever is a zoonotic disease that is most commonly associated with outbreaks in slaughterhouses. We describe an outbreak of 4 cases occurring in a factory that processes ovine fetal products for the cosmetics industry. It is important that industries typically not associated with risk of Q fever are made aware of potential health risks that workers might be exposed to so further outbreaks might be prevented.

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