SynthesisEpidemiology and infection2018
Estimating the incubation period of acute Q fever, a systematic review.
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- Health-related quality of life changes in patients with Q-fever fatigue syndrome: a four-year follow-up study, 10 years post-infection.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Observational
- The Many Faces of Sporadic Acute Q Fever, Gran Canaria: Canary Islands (Spain) (1998-2024).Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Impact of whole-herd vaccination on a caprine coxiellosis outbreak: a longitudinal study ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Environmental risk factors of human Q fever in Spain.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Metabarcoding analysis of the microbiota in flocks naturally infected byOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Diagnosis of acute Q fever using targeted next‑generation sequencing: A case report.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2025Article
- Molecular Detection and Characterisation ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exposure of small ruminants and humans to Coxiella burnetii in the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2024Article
- Which Factors Influence the Consumption of Antibiotics in Q-Fever-Positive Dairy Farms in Northern Germany?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Prevalence and risk factors for Q fever, spotted fever group rickettsioses, and typhus group rickettsioses in a pastoralist community of northern Tanzania, 2016-2017.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2024Article
- Prerequisites, barriers and opportunities in care for Q-fever patients: a Delphi study among healthcare workers.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Molecular investigation of Coxiella burnetii and Francisella tularensis infection in ticks in northern, western, and northwestern Iran.PloS one · 2023Article
- Profiling Risk Factors for Household and Community Spatiotemporal Clusters of Q Fever Notifications in Queensland between 2002 and 2017.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Contemporary diagnostics for medically relevant fastidious microorganisms belonging to the genera Anaplasma,Bartonella,Coxiella,OrientiaandRickettsia.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2022Article
- Acute multifocal retinitis in a patient with Q fever (Coxiella Burnetii infection) with endocarditis.Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection · 2022Article
- [Pneumonia, endocarditis of two valves and pulmonary artery embolism in a 26-year-old male patient].Der Internist · 2022Article
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- Q fever expertise among human and veterinary health professionals in Germany - A stakeholder analysis of knowledge gaps.PloS one · 2022Article
- Acute Q Fever With Dermatologic Manifestations, Molecular Diagnosis, and No Seroconversion.Open forum infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Serological Evidence of Human Infection withVeterinary sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Estimates of the incubation period for Q fever vary substantially between different reviews and expert advice documents. We systematically reviewed and quality appraised the literature to provide an evidence-based estimate of the incubation period of the Q fever by the aerosolised infection route. Medline (OVIDSP) and EMBASE were searched with the search limited to human studies and English language. Eligible studies included persons with symptomatic, acute Q fever, and defined exposure to Coxiella burnetti. After review of 7115 titles and abstracts, 320 records were screened at full-text level. Of these, 23 studies contained potentially useful data and were quality assessed, with eight studies (with 403 individual cases where the derivation of incubation period was possible) being of sufficient quality and providing individual-level data to produce a pooled summary. We found a median incubation period of 18 days, with 95% of cases expected to occur between 7 and 32 days after exposure.
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