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Clinical Presentation of Acute Q Fever in Lanzarote (Canary Islands): A 2-Year Prospective Study

1996; Informa; Volume: 28; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3109/00365549609037955

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Francisco Pascual Velasco, María Victoria Borobio Enciso, Zoilo González Lama, Miguel Carrascosa Porras,

Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

The clinical manifestations of acute Q fever may differ markedly from country to country. In this regard, fever and hepatitis seem to be the dominant clinical features of acute Coxiella burnetii infection in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. A possible interaction between environmental factors and some strains of C. burnetii could explain the different clinical presentations of acute Q fever.