Catalog
Q fever
Link to WHO Definition
Q fever – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2113860626
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.