{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,8]],"date-time":"2025-05-08T08:46:23Z","timestamp":1746693983160},"reference-count":11,"publisher":"Oxford University Press (OUP)","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,6]],"date-time":"2023-11-06T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1699228800000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/pages\/standard-publication-reuse-rights"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,8]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This paper highlights the occupational risk of Q fever from exposure to raw animal products in the context of multiple notified Q fever cases from 2020 to 2023 linked to four pet food manufacturing facilities in South-East Queensland, Australia.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The Queensland Government Notifiable Conditions System was used to identify Q fever cases linked to pet food manufacturing in the Metro North and Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service areas of Brisbane, Australia. Data on each case from routine public health follow-up were collected and descriptively analysed.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Between 2020 and 2023, 12 confirmed Q fever infections (17% of total cases) were linked to four pet food manufacturing facilities. Eleven cases reported direct or environmental exposure to raw meat and animal products. None were previously vaccinated for Q fever.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>These cases demonstrate the increased risk of Q fever infection as part of the pet food manufacturing process, highlighting an underappreciated preventable occupational risk, which can be mitigated with the use of pre-screening and vaccination of workers. All occupations should conduct workplace-based risk assessments to identify risks such as Q fever to prevent adverse negative health outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/annweh\/wxad068","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,9]],"date-time":"2023-11-09T12:16:28Z","timestamp":1699532188000},"page":"104-107","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Q fever infection is a preventable risk associated with pet food manufacturing"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"68","author":[{"given":"Alexandra M","family":"Uren","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Metro North Public Health Unit , Bryden Street, Windsor, QLD 4030 , Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"James","family":"Harris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Metro North Public Health Unit , Bryden Street, Windsor, QLD 4030 , Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vicki","family":"Slinko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gold Coast Public Health Unit , 45 Chisholm Road, Carrara, QLD 4211 , Australia"},{"name":"School of Public Health, University of Queensland , 288 Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006 , Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fiona","family":"Vosti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gold Coast Public Health Unit , 45 Chisholm Road, Carrara, QLD 4211 , Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Megan","family":"Young","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Metro North Public Health Unit , Bryden Street, Windsor, QLD 4030 , Australia"},{"name":"School of Public Health, University of Queensland , 288 Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006 , Australia"},{"name":"School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University , Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD 4222 , Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024010812461867400_CIT0001","article-title":"Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)","author":"Australian Q fever Register","year":"2023"},{"key":"2024010812461867400_CIT0002","first-page":"1","article-title":"Q fever in South Australia: An outbreak in a meat-works","volume-title":"J Hyg","author":"Beech","year":"1962"},{"key":"2024010812461867400_CIT0003","first-page":"208","article-title":"Influence of the environment and occupational exposure on the occurrence of Q Fever","volume-title":"Cent Eur J Public Health","author":"Dorko","year":"2012"},{"key":"2024010812461867400_CIT0004","first-page":"112","article-title":"A rural disease with potential urban consequences","volume-title":"Aust J Gen Pract","author":"Eastwood","year":"2018"},{"key":"2024010812461867400_CIT0005","first-page":"2037","article-title":"Australia\u2019s national Q Fever vaccination program","volume-title":"Vaccine","author":"Gidding","year":"2009"},{"key":"2024010812461867400_CIT0006","first-page":"362","article-title":"Abattoir-associated Q fever: a Q fever outbreak during a Q fever vaccination program","volume-title":"Aust N Z J Public Health","author":"Gilroy","year":"2001"},{"key":"2024010812461867400_CIT0007","article-title":"Queensland Health","author":"Public Health Act 2005 (QLD)","year":"2023"},{"key":"2024010812461867400_CIT0008","article-title":"Communicable Diseases Network Australia","author":"Q fever \u2013 CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units","year":"2018"},{"key":"2024010812461867400_CIT0009","article-title":"WorkSafe Queensland","author":"Q fever risks and construction work","year":"2018"},{"issue":"10","key":"2024010812461867400_CIT0010","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"340","DOI":"10.5694\/j.1326-5377.1963.tb23064.x","article-title":"An outbreak of Q fever in an Abattoir near Brisbane","volume":"1","author":"Tonge","year":"1963","journal-title":"Med J Aust"},{"key":"2024010812461867400_CIT0011","article-title":"Department of Education","author":"Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (QLD)","year":"2023"}],"container-title":["Annals of Work Exposures and Health"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/annweh\/article-pdf\/68\/1\/104\/54907460\/wxad068.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"syndication"},{"URL":"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/annweh\/article-pdf\/68\/1\/104\/54907460\/wxad068.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,8]],"date-time":"2024-01-08T12:46:29Z","timestamp":1704717989000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/annweh\/article\/68\/1\/104\/7377595"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,6]]},"references-count":11,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,6]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,8]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/annweh\/wxad068","relation":{},"ISSN":["2398-7308","2398-7316"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2398-7308","type":"print"},{"value":"2398-7316","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published-other":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,1]]},"published":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,6]]}}}