Epidemiology (1980-1985) and nonspecific prophylaxis of Q fever in the USSR (survey).

Abstract

A review of the epidemiology and nonspecific prophylaxis of Q fever in the USSR during 1980-1985 is presented. Attention is paid of the source to infection, the seroprevalence of antibodies to Coxiella burnetii in man and livestock and the possibilities of prophylaxis against Q fever under conditions of mandatory registration of this disease.