Q fever

Description

A disease caused by an infection with the gram-negative bacteria Coxiella burnetti. This disease is characterised by fever, or may be asymptomatic. Transmission is by inhalation of the bacteria, contact with contaminated milk, urine, faeces, vaginal mucus, or semen of infected animals, or through the bite of an infected tick.

Inclusions

• Infection due to Coxiella burnetii
• Nine Mile fever
• Quadrilateral fever

Exclusions from above levels

• NE83.1 – Infection arising from device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified