Talk:Q fever

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Dionneplace 10:44, 6 May 2007 (UTC)Hi,

Please be aware, that this article is not finished yet. I am currently working on a slightly more extended version with some more and better facts.

please note: Coxiella burneti not burnetii.Davidwarhurst (talk) 07:22, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

If you happen to be extremely unhappy with how the article is right now, I would love to hear from you.

Regards, --SETh 05:51, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

No complaints, and I can leave it alone till you're done if you want, but I'm going to make a quick pass through for wiki-markup....basically, it's best to not capitalize something just because it's an article (like Endocarditis -> endocarditis, and to link to the singular (antibiotics -> antibiotics). Also, I think you're using three single quotes (which make a word bold) where you mean to link things (like people's names). (Also species names are usually italicized). Also, generally don't start with an "Introduction header" so the table of contents isn't the first thing in an article. See if this isn't more like what you're looking for.- Nunh-huh 06:12, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Dear Nunh-huh,

Thanks for your incitement.

This is my very first project and I am far from familiar with conventions. I think I'll have to re-read your suggestions a couple of times untill I understand...

I had just found much more and exciting information about the topic... and if you work on your first one, I recon, you get a bit more emotional about it... ;-)

--SETh 07:37, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

It may be preliminar but I find it very good,I added my name to the reference!!!..You are probably from Australia,the vaccine is not available elsewhere.D.Raoult

I have Q fever

I have Q fever and I was wondering if anyone out there has had and what I can expect from the recovery process. Please respond.

Has anyone ever heard of Q-fever causing chronic neurological signs and symptoms? My cousin was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis a few years ago, and recently the diagnosis was changed to q fever. I have never heard of this before...

Dionne, RSA

Difference between US and Europe?

From the article: "In Europe it appears as hepatitis rather than pneumonia as in the United States." This statement is a little suspect to me. Maybe it means that in Europe when people have hepatitis it is standard to test for Q fever whereas in the US it isn't standard so people with hepatitis may be given an "unknown etiology"? Then I guess the opposite may be happening with pneumonia? I think this needs to be cited and given possible explanations as well. Atherva 23:30, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Military

You may consider adding a part under "people at risk" to include military personnel. It's not that common, but I had it along with three others while serving in Iraq. There were a few more cases from Afghanistan. I think it's significant enough to mention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.101.94.100 (talk) 10:29, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Edward H. Derrick

What year did Derrick first discover C burnetii and name it Q Fever? JD360 (talk) 13:04, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Infectious dose

"It can be considered the most infectious disease in the world, as a human being can be infected by a single bacterium" ... the page for tuberculosis makes the same claim, minus the "most infectious disease in the world" part. In the case of TB, "can" seems to mean a 1 in 10 chance. So I suggest that "can be infected by a single bacterium" is meaningless outside of the context of the probability of this happening, and that it's the ID50 (of 1 in the case of Q fever) which really matters here. 81.131.46.77 (talk) 12:39, 9 December 2009 (UTC)