A citizen of Danilovgrad infected with Q fever

The Institute of Public Health has registered one case of a person falling ill with Q fever - an acute infectious disease that is transmitted from animals to humans - in the territory of Montenegro. The sick person, as confirmed, is from Danilovgrad.

The Institute for Public Health explains that the natural reservoirs of infection are sheep, cattle, goats, cats, dogs, some wild animals, birds and ticks.

"Infected animals are usually without symptoms of the disease, but they excrete pathogens with their secretions and thus put the risk of transmission of the infection to humans. The infection can be transmitted by inhaling dust contaminated with the secretions and excreta of an infected animal, by direct contact with sick animals and indirectly through contaminated material (wool, straw)," the Institute replied.