Health Authorities Urge Calm Over Q Fever (Australia)
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
As a Q fever outbreak has infiltrated Australia's Riverland region, the South Australian Health Department says that citizens should remain calm. The flu-like symptom fever that is transmitted by animals has three confirmed cases in the Riverland, all in people who live near a goat slaughterhouse. Ann Koehler, director of the communicable diseases control branch, noted "there is a vaccine but it's not approved for use in people who aren't in very high risk occupations because it's not a vaccine that is without side effects." Koehler added that the fever can be treated with antibiotics. (Click here for more
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