Q fever and contact with kangaroos in New South Wales
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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2016.40.13Keywords:
Q fever, kangeroos, exposureAbstract
This short report about Q Fever highlights the possibility of non-traditional exposures for this infection, that is, those not linked to contact with livestock or abattoirs. Two cases were likely to have been acquired through contact with kangaroos through their work on parklands where many kangaroos were resident. The cases reported mowing grass heavily contaminated with kangaroo faeces and also handled joeys.
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