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Project

Risk assessment of zoonotic transmission of Coxiella burnetti from Belgian livestock (ruminants) to humans

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

160E6711

Duration

01 January 2012 → 31 March 2016

Funding

Federal funding: various

Promotor

Mieke Uyttendaele

Research disciplines

Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural animal production
- Veterinary medicine

Keywords

risk analysis Q-fever Coxiella burnetti

Project description

The cause of emerging human infections of Q-fever (associated with C. burnetti) is probably due to an increase in intensive farming goats for milk production. The current research project will conduct a risk analysis regarding the possible zoonotic transmission of C. burnetti from the Belgian domestic livestock (ruminants) to humans

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