Q Fever (Coxiella burnetii)

Clinical criteria
Any person with at least one of the following three:
- Fever
- Pneumonia
- Hepatitis

Laboratory criteria
At least one of the following three:
- Isolation of Coxiella burnetii from a clinical specimen
- Detection of Coxiella burnetii nucleic acid in a clinical specimen
- Coxiella burnetii specific antibody response (IgG or IgM phase II)

Epidemiological criteria
At least one of the following two epidemiological links:
- Exposure to a common source
- Animal to human transmission

Case classification
A. Possible case
NA
B. Probable case
Any person meeting the clinical criteria and with an epidemiological link
C. Confirmed case
Any person meeting the clinical and the laboratory criteria

Current as of: 7 March 2019