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Q-Fever, what is it? – this is how Wikipedia describe it.
It dangerous, it’s deadly and it’s in the cattle yards at Teys Bros Beenleigh according to Teys Bros Beenleigh.
From the mid 1950’s to the mid 1970’s Q Fever was developed by the USA & USSR military as a Biological weapon of mass destruction.
Biological warfare
Q fever has been described as a possible biological weapon.[21]
The United States investigated Q fever as a potential biological warfare agent in the 1950s, with eventual standardization as agent OU. At Fort Detrick and Dugway Proving Ground, human trials were conducted on Whitecoat volunteers to determine the median infective dose (18 MICLD50/person i.h.) and course of infection. As a standardized biological, it was manufactured in large quantities atPine Bluff Arsenal, with 5,098 gallons in the arsenal in bulk at the time of demilitarization in 1970.
Q fever is a category “B” agent.[22] It can be contagious, and is very stable in aerosols in a wide range of temperatures. Q fever microorganisms may survive on surfaces up to 60 days.
It is considered a good agent in part because its ID50 (number of bacilli needed to infect 50% of individuals) is considered to be 1, making it the lowest known to man.
Coxiella burnetii, which causes Q fever, is a highly infectious agent that is widespread among livestock around the world. Although the culture process for coxiella is laborious, large amounts of infectious material can be produced. If used as an aerosolised biological weapon, coxiella may not cause high mortality, but could provoke acute disabling disease. In its late course, Q fever can be complicated by fatal (eg, ndocarditis) or debilitating (eg, chronic fatigue syndrome) disorders. The diagnosis of Q fever might be delayed because of non-specific and protean presentations. Effective antibiotic treatment is available for the acute form of disease but not for the chronic complications. Vaccination and chemoprophylaxis in selected individuals may be used in the event of bioterrorism.
Introduction
Q fever is a bacterial infection caused by the coxiella burnetii bacteria. It causes flu-like symptoms such as a high temperature, muscle pain and headaches and is very uncomfortable
In most people, the symptoms of Q fever will get better without treatment within two weeks, miss diagnosis is extremly common as it is often mistaken as the common flu.
But if diagnosed early, Antibiotics may be recommended if your symptoms are severe or do not improve.
Long-term form of Q fever requires antibiotics for several years.
The ‘Q’ in Q fever stands for ‘query’. This is because when the infection was first indentified, its cause was unknown. The cause is now understood but the name has remained the same.
Catching Q fever
Q fever is spread to humans from animals, most commonly livestock such as sheep, goats and cattle. Very rarely, it can spread directly from human to human, usually during sexual intercourse.
People who are most at risk of getting Q fever are those whose occupation and environment brings them into close contact with livestock, including: Close contact can mean anything up to 18 kilometers depending on the wind, as it is the wind that carries the airborne microbes.
The symptoms of Q-Fever resemble those of our all to familiar winter flu virus and include fever, chills, cough, stuffiness, headache, muscle aches and soreness and that tired all over feeling that doesn’t go away after a good night’s rest and lung inflammation. Caught early it is easily cured with anti-biotic medications like tetracycline but left undiscovered or misdiagnosed it can lead to pneumonia, heart and lung disease, hepatitis and even cause death
Types of Q fever
The problem with Q fever is that it is often mistaken for the common flu, and if not detected can become very serious.
There are two main types of Q fever:
- the least serious type is called acute Q fever
- the more serious type is called chronic Q fever
Acute Q fever
Acute means short-term. Acute Q fever causes flu-like symptoms that last for a couple of weeks, if treated in time, it can cause mild pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs), and mild hepatitis (inflammation of the liver), but if not taken care of it could develop into …..
Chronic Q fever
Chronic means long-term. In some cases, the symptoms of Q fever can last for six months or longer. This is called chronic Q fever. People with chronic Q fever will need to take antibiotics for at least three years to prevent the infection from reoccurring.
It is also possible for chronic Q fever to cause inflammation of the inner lining of the heart (endocarditis). Endocarditis is potentially very serious. Left untreated, it can affect the normal workings of the heart and lead to heart failure. With treatment, it is estimated that less than 1 in 10 people with endocarditis caused by Q fever will die, without treatment the mortality rate is much higher.
Lucky for this person Teys settled out of court for a undisclosed amount of money.
Q Fever is a air borne disease, it travels in dust particle blowing in the wind, It would be easy for Teys to protect the surrounding public, but they refuse to up grade and modernise their cattle yards, in 2008, they attempted to contain the wind by building a 10m mound of earth and vegetation…. a stupid and ridiculous half arsed attempt to fool everyone.
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