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Article: First report of Q fever in Oman.
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
- Author:
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Although serologic evidence suggests the presence of Q fever in humans and animals in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, acute Q fever has not been reported on the Arabian Peninsula. We report the first two cases of acute Q fever in Oman.
Acute Q fever has not been reported on the Arabian Peninsula; however, serologic studies have documented Coxiella burnetii in eastern Saudi Arabia. In Riyadh, in the late 1960s, 8.4% of residents [is greater than] 5 years of age were seropositive (1). Veterinary studies in Saudi Arabia have shown that Q fever occurs in livestock (2) and in Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) at the National Wildlife Research Centre at Taif (3). In ...