Evolving epidemiology of Q fever in Wide Bay.
Journal
Communicable diseases intelligence (2018)
ISSN: 2209-6051
Titre abrégé: Commun Dis Intell (2018)
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 101735394
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
26 Jun 2023
26 Jun 2023
Historique:
medline:
27
6
2023
pubmed:
26
6
2023
entrez:
25
6
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Q fever is a notifiable disease in Australia due to its public health significance. Recent data in the Wide Bay region (Queensland, Australia) suggests a rising number and changing geographical distribution of Q fever cases. This study aims to evaluate these changes through analysis of data from Queensland Health's Notifiable Conditions System (NoCS) over a ten-year period. A comparison was made between the recent five-year period (2018-2022) and the preceding five-year period (2013-2017) with reference to incidence rates, location of cases and likely exposures. Incidence rates of Q fever showed an upward trend over time, particularly in urban areas. This highlights the need for increased clinical suspicion, improved awareness among the community and healthcare providers, and potentially broadening of vaccination recommendations in the future.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37357181
doi: 10.33321/cdi.2023.47.36
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© Commonwealth of Australia CC BY-NC-ND.