q fever in a sentence

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1. Less often, Q fever causes ( granulomatous ) hepatitis, which may be asymptomatic or becomes symptomatic with malaise, fever, transaminase values are often elevated, jaundice is uncommon.
2. Vaccinated or previously exposed people may have their status recorded on the Australian Q Fever Register, which may be a condition of employment in the meat processing industry.
3. Pathogens studied included the biological agents causing a myriad of diseases such as anthrax, glanders, brucellosis, melioidosis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Q fever, coccidioidomycosis, and other plant and animal pathogens.
4. Q fever hepatitis manifests as an elevation of alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase, but a definitive diagnosis is only possible on liver biopsy, which shows the characteristic fibrin ring granulomas.
5. The chronic form of Q fever is virtually identical to inflammation of the inner lining of the heart ( endocarditis ), which can occur months or decades following the infection.
6. Dr . Paul Fiset, a microbiologist who helped develop a vaccine against the infectious disease known as Q fever, or Balkan grippe, died Feb . 27 at a hospital in Baltimore.
7. Q fever is a variety first recognized in Australia in the 1930s as a similar but distinctive disease affecting people dealing with infected sheep and cattle and their hides and carcasses.
8. Now, anthrax and other potential bioterror agents _ smallpox, plague, tularemia, botulism, Q fever and the Ebola and Marburg viruses _ have been added to the ranks of emerging infectious diseases.
9. Indeed, the Army's germ warfare program at Fort Detrick has long exposed volunteers to pathogens like Q fever and tularemia in a program called Project Whitecoat, which studied vaccines and protective equipment.
10. The picture that emerged was of a system of centers where a small army of scientists and technicians were developing potential biological weapons like anthrax, Ebola, Marburg virus, plague, Q fever and smallpox.