Epidemiology of a Q fever outbreak in Los Angeles County, 1966.

Abstract

Dr. Gross is an assistant professor of medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, located at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Haven. He was formerly an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer of the Center for Disease Control, serving with the County of Los Angeles Health Department. Dr. Kogan is director, bureau of medical services, Dr. Aaron is epidemiologist veterinarian, and Dr. Heidbreder is health officer, all with the county health department. This paper was presented in part at the annual Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference in Atlanta, Ga., April 16-19, 1968. Tearsheet requests to Peter A. Gross, M.D., Veterans Administration Hospital, West Spring Street, West Haven, Conn. 06516. working with dairy cows or their raw products and among persons living near dairies. In 1948-49, among Los Angeles County residents, the prevalence of Q fever complement fixing antibodies was 1.3 percent (2).