Q Fever: Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018; Surveillance Report | NLM

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Q Fever: Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018; Surveillance Report

12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 12/2019. This six-page report on cases of Q fever is based on data for 2018 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on September 6, 2019. For 2018, 922 cases of Q fever were reported in the European Union/European Economic Area, 794 (86 percent) of which were confirmed. The rate of reported Q fever cases increased with age up to 64 years and was higher among men than women in the age groups above 14 years. (PDF)