Gynecologic Inflammation & Infections | Epidemiology
(Cost-)effectiveness of a screening strategy for Q fever among pregnant women in risk areas: a clustered randomized controlled trial
JM Munster*, ACAP Leenders, CJCM Hamilton, JCE Meekelenkamp, PM Schneeberger, W van der Hoek, A Rietveld, E de Vries, RP Stolk, JG Aarnoudse, E Hak
*Corresponding author: JM Munster
Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, Netherlands
F1000Posters 2013, 4: 32 (slide presentation) [English]
Slide Presentation [786.61 KB]
Presented at
27th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE) 2011 ,
14 - 17 Aug 2011, P000
Q fever is a zoonosis, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. Between 2007 and 2010 over 3800 human Q fever cases were identified in the Netherlands. Pregnant women are one of the risk groups since both maternal and obstetric complications have been associated with the infection.
15% of the pregnant women living in high-risk Q fever areas in the Netherlands have serological evidence for a previous or acute C. burnetii infection
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