Section 690.595  Q-fever (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronically as soon as possible, within 7 days, unless suspected bioterrorist event or part of an outbreak, then reportable immediately (within 3 hours) by telephone)

a)         Control of Case.

1)         Standard Precautions shall be followed.

2)         The local health authority should investigate cases to determine history of contact with sheep, cattle or goats, parturient cats, consumption of raw milk, or contact with laboratory cultures of Coxiella burnetti.

b)         Control of Contacts.  No restrictions.

c)         Laboratory Reporting.

1)         Laboratories shall report to the local health authority patients who have a positive result on any laboratory test indicative of or specific for detecting Coxiella burnetti infection.

2)         Laboratories shall forward clinical materials positive for Coxiella burnetti to the Department's laboratory.

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 3777, effective March 3, 2008)