Land-applied goat manure as a source of human Q-fever in the Netherlands, 2006-2010.
Studies have shown a link between Q-fever positive farms (QFPFs) and community cases of human Q-fever. Our study is the first to investigate the potential role of contaminated land-applied manure in human Q-fever, based on a large set of nationwide notification and farm management data. Time between...
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| description | Studies have shown a link between Q-fever positive farms (QFPFs) and community cases of human Q-fever. Our study is the first to investigate the potential role of contaminated land-applied manure in human Q-fever, based on a large set of nationwide notification and farm management data. Time between manure application and disease onset in geographically linked notified human cases coincided with the incubation period of Q-fever. Proximity of contaminated land parcels predicted human cases better than proximity of QFPFs (80% vs. 58%, 0-5 km in 2009). Incidence around QFPFs and contaminated land parcels decreased with distance, but not around non-contaminated land parcels. Incidence was higher around contaminated land parcels than non-contaminated land parcels (RR = [10],95%CI = [7], [1]-[14,2]). Our findings deliver evidence that, apart from QFPFs, land-applied contaminated manure may be another source of human Q-fever. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7d3d5c73a86543fd89ef16370ae5eeaf2025-08-20T03:00:30ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0195e9660710.1371/journal.pone.0096607Land-applied goat manure as a source of human Q-fever in the Netherlands, 2006-2010.Tia HermansLeonne JeurissenVolker HackertChristian HoebeStudies have shown a link between Q-fever positive farms (QFPFs) and community cases of human Q-fever. Our study is the first to investigate the potential role of contaminated land-applied manure in human Q-fever, based on a large set of nationwide notification and farm management data. Time between manure application and disease onset in geographically linked notified human cases coincided with the incubation period of Q-fever. Proximity of contaminated land parcels predicted human cases better than proximity of QFPFs (80% vs. 58%, 0-5 km in 2009). Incidence around QFPFs and contaminated land parcels decreased with distance, but not around non-contaminated land parcels. Incidence was higher around contaminated land parcels than non-contaminated land parcels (RR = [10],95%CI = [7], [1]-[14,2]). Our findings deliver evidence that, apart from QFPFs, land-applied contaminated manure may be another source of human Q-fever.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0096607&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Tia Hermans Leonne Jeurissen Volker Hackert Christian Hoebe Land-applied goat manure as a source of human Q-fever in the Netherlands, 2006-2010. PLoS ONE |
| title | Land-applied goat manure as a source of human Q-fever in the Netherlands, 2006-2010. |
| title_full | Land-applied goat manure as a source of human Q-fever in the Netherlands, 2006-2010. |
| title_fullStr | Land-applied goat manure as a source of human Q-fever in the Netherlands, 2006-2010. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land-applied goat manure as a source of human Q-fever in the Netherlands, 2006-2010. |
| title_short | Land-applied goat manure as a source of human Q-fever in the Netherlands, 2006-2010. |
| title_sort | land applied goat manure as a source of human q fever in the netherlands 2006 2010 |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0096607&type=printable |
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