QFIG hosts expert advisory group sessions to assist clinicians to manage complex cases, with expertise available from across the spectrum of those working in the field, now with special international guests attending!

Dr L Taege 🗣️ unpub data RE: placental histo findings w/ #Qfever assoc stillbirth. Only 9 cases prev, this adds another 10 cases. 🔍 Varied degrees of inflam, necrosis, infarcts 🐥 Untreated assoc w/ 2nd trimester IUD, partial Rx pre-term delivery, full Rx no foetal effects #Qfig @qfig.bsky.social

Dr Horvath et al outlined a diagnostic stewardship intervention for #qfever PCR (w/ compat. clin. synd.) 'TLC for Q': 🍽️ Thrombocytopenia, 🥩 raised LFTs 🎈 raised CRP assoc w/ increase PCR+ in acute QF. Machine learning algorithm found 85% sens, 65% spec. #IDsky #Qfig @qfig.bsky.social

A/Prof A Bosward talks #onehealth and #Qfever in dairy 🐄. Shows that: ⛽ Cows (& others) are an important reservoir of QF w/ regional clusters 🤒 Infected cows are less productive (longer gestations & 2.4L less 🥛/🐄/🌅) Advocates for Australian uptake of animal QF vax. #qfig @qfig.bsky.social #vetsky

More #Qfever #onehealth - Prof L Epelboin talks about the French Guiana experience. 🌎 Highest rates (~30/100k yearly) globally 😷 Driven by virulent MST17 strain 🧢 QF causes 25% of CAP in Cayenne & worst in E euro. ethnic. 🦥 Outbreaks linked to sloths and capybara #qfig #IDsky @qfig.bsky.social

Thanks to all of our international speakers who were able to join the QFIG symposium online at all hours of their local time zones to share their experience and knowledge of Q fever!

Understanding Q fever at the molecular and genomic level. Presentations from Prof Hayley Newton, Monash Uni and Dr Tarka Raj Bhatta, ARRL.

Day 1 of the inaugural QFIG symposium kicked off yesterday in beautiful Byron Bay was a great success! Full spectrum of global OneHealth representatives in attendance. Excited for day 2!