During a six-month period, 239 cases of pneumonia occurred in a town of 300 people as a result of Coxiella burnettii infections. Before the outbreak, 2000 sheep were kept 30 miles northwest of the town, 95% of sheep tested were positive for C. burnetii. Wind blew from the northwest, and rainfall was 0.5 cm compared with 7 to 10 cm during each of the previous three years. The reservoir of infection in Situation 14.1 was
water.
soil.
animals.
fomites.
insects.
