An integrated study on Q fever in livestock farmers and ruminant animals in the Netherlands

An integrated study on Q fever in livestock farmers and ruminant animals in the Netherlands - Q-VIVE

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON33109

Enrollment

1550

Registered

2009-08-04

Start date

2009-09-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

Balkan grippe Coxiella burnetti infection Query Fever

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

12 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Working and/ or living at a ruminant farm (with >100 ruminants (sheep, goats or dairy cattle) in the Netherlands (blood samples from a maximum of three persons per farm)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Persons who are unable to give informed consent or do not have a thorough command of the Dutch language will be excluded. Fully vaccinated during campaign in fall 2008 at the farm-level.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence of C. burnetii past infections in the Netherlands among small ruminant farmers, their family members and relevant co-workers	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Risk factors and determinants for C. burnetii past infections in the Netherlands among small ruminant farmers, their family members and relevant co-workers. Risk factors adressed in the farm-baeed questionnaire include farm hygiene and management, e.g. manure handling, handling of abortion products, housing conditions, vaccination status, rodent control, farm type, e.g. farm size, open/closed system, and animal health status, including tick infestation and abortions), and in the individual questionnaire adress age, gender, profession, degree of urbanisation, province, ownership and exposure to ruminants and pets, consumption of unpasteurized milk, medical history, tick-bites, use of manure in garden, contact with agricultural products such as hay and straw.	—

Measure

Time frame

Risk factors and determinants for C. burnetii past infections in the Netherlands among small ruminant farmers, their family members and relevant co-workers. Risk factors adressed in the farm-baeed questionnaire include farm hygiene and management, e.g. manure handling, handling of abortion products, housing conditions, vaccination status, rodent control, farm type, e.g. farm size, open/closed system, and animal health status, including tick infestation and abortions), and in the individual questionnaire adress age, gender, profession, degree of urbanisation, province, ownership and exposure to ruminants and pets, consumption of unpasteurized milk, medical history, tick-bites, use of manure in garden, contact with agricultural products such as hay and straw.

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results