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q fever

Q Fever is an acute natural foci disease caused by Rickettsia burneti (Coxiella burneti). The clinical incubation period is generally 2 to 4 weeks. There are chills, fever, severe headache, muscle pain, pneumonia and pleurisy, and some patients can also develop hepatitis, endocarditis, myocarditis, thrombosis...



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