Thursday 25 January 2018

Disease

Q fever - Chile

In a follow-up to the Q fever outbreak in Osorno Province, Los Lagos Region in southern Chile, officials now put the confirmed cases at 32–29 in Osorno and 3 in Llanquihue, according to a BioBio Chile report. According to the latest epidemiological report, there are 167 cases classified as “suspicious and compatible with Q fever”. The disease emerged last year in Osorno among dairy workers at the Manuka company of Puerto Octay.

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