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IT is well known that the epidemiology of Q fever is always associated with the presence of animal carriers of Coxiella burneti, particularly sheep and cows; more rarely infection is transmitted by equines or by dogs. Interhuman contagion occurs only in exceptional cases. However, the epidemiology of the disease is still obscure and in many outbreaks it is not possible to trace the origin of the contagion and the manner of transmission of the pathogenic agent.
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BABUDIERI, B., MOSCOVICI, C. Experimental and Natural Infection of Birds by Coxiella burneti. Nature 169, 195–196 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169195a0
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