❓ Hon Giz Watson asks about the prevalence of Q fever in WA, particularly concerning cases linked to Barrow Island. Hon Sue Ellery provides data on Q fever cases and potential transmission methods on Barrow Island.
AnsweredQoN 1158Legislative Council
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(1) Can the minister provide details of the number of recorded cases of Q fever - Coxiella burnetti - in Western Australia? (2) How many cases of Q fever are reported yearly in Western Australia? (3) Does the department know if any cases of Q fever have been reported as a consequence of infection on Barrow Island? (4) If yes to (3), how many? (5) If yes to (3), does the department know how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island? Hon SUE ELLERY
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(1) 192 cases of Q fever have been notified in Western Australia from 1990 to 18 August 2003. (2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(2) How many cases of Q fever are reported yearly in Western Australia? (3) Does the department know if any cases of Q fever have been reported as a consequence of infection on Barrow Island? (4) If yes to (3), how many? (5) If yes to (3), does the department know how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island? Hon SUE ELLERY replied : (1) 192 cases of Q fever have been notified in Western Australia from 1990 to 18 August 2003. (2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(3) Does the department know if any cases of Q fever have been reported as a consequence of infection on Barrow Island? (4) If yes to (3), how many? (5) If yes to (3), does the department know how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island? Hon SUE ELLERY replied : (1) 192 cases of Q fever have been notified in Western Australia from 1990 to 18 August 2003. (2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(4) If yes to (3), how many? (5) If yes to (3), does the department know how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island? Hon SUE ELLERY replied : (1) 192 cases of Q fever have been notified in Western Australia from 1990 to 18 August 2003. (2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(5) If yes to (3), does the department know how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island? Hon SUE ELLERY replied : (1) 192 cases of Q fever have been notified in Western Australia from 1990 to 18 August 2003. (2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied : (1) 192 cases of Q fever have been notified in Western Australia from 1990 to 18 August 2003. (2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(1) 192 cases of Q fever have been notified in Western Australia from 1990 to 18 August 2003. (2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(2) How many cases of Q fever are reported yearly in Western Australia? (3) Does the department know if any cases of Q fever have been reported as a consequence of infection on Barrow Island? (4) If yes to (3), how many? (5) If yes to (3), does the department know how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island? Hon SUE ELLERY replied : (1) 192 cases of Q fever have been notified in Western Australia from 1990 to 18 August 2003. (2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(3) Does the department know if any cases of Q fever have been reported as a consequence of infection on Barrow Island? (4) If yes to (3), how many? (5) If yes to (3), does the department know how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island? Hon SUE ELLERY replied : (1) 192 cases of Q fever have been notified in Western Australia from 1990 to 18 August 2003. (2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(4) If yes to (3), how many? (5) If yes to (3), does the department know how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island? Hon SUE ELLERY replied : (1) 192 cases of Q fever have been notified in Western Australia from 1990 to 18 August 2003. (2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(5) If yes to (3), does the department know how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island? Hon SUE ELLERY replied : (1) 192 cases of Q fever have been notified in Western Australia from 1990 to 18 August 2003. (2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied : (1) 192 cases of Q fever have been notified in Western Australia from 1990 to 18 August 2003. (2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(1) 192 cases of Q fever have been notified in Western Australia from 1990 to 18 August 2003. (2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(2) Since 1990, between five and 28 cases have been notified annually in WA - an average of 14 cases per year. (3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(3) Yes. (4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(4) Two cases of Q fever notified to the Department of Health have been associated with Barrow Island. (5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
(5) It is unclear how the disease is being transmitted on Barrow Island. However, one of the cases reported a tick bite, and this is a possible mechanism, as is direct exposure to wild animals that may be infected, or indirect exposure via dust contaminated by birth fluids and excreta of infected animals.
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