Q Fever -- Spain
The workers of the Mechanical Biological Treatment Plant (TMB) of Monte Arraiz [Biscay, Basque Country] have relived the experience of 2014, when an outbreak of Q fever made 49 people sick. 5 years later, at least 2 employees, are infected with the bacterium _Coxiella burnetti_, which usually spreads through the placental or fetal tissues of dead animals such as cows, sheep, goats ...
In addition to the 2 confirmed cases, 3 other workers of the waste treatment plant are awaiting the result
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5739737&promed&0
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