Has anyone had a family memeber who has died of Q Fever?

I had a cousin that was in the Marine Corp and he came back from Iraq with this terrible disease.....It was diagnosed in October of 2004 and he died in December of 2005. I just want to know if there is anyone else out there who has experienced this in their family. I think it is a big government cover-up because they are not saying that was his cause of death. But, yet, just over a year earlier he was diagnosed with this disease. The facts that I have read say that if the acute form comes back as a chronic form there is a much higher rate of mortality. I would just like some answers if someone out there knows of anyone who as gone through this disease. Thank You.

Whoa, let's not be going crazy with the government coverups just yet.

Q fever is pretty rare. I do Q fever surveillance, and guess what: I have not found a single case in a whole year. It's not like I work in a small town, either. I work in a very large city with millions of people where I receive reports of cases of other VERY rare infections. It's just that Q fever is exceptionally rare, and fairly new. It's a bacterial infection and CAN be treated with antibiotics. But frankly, it's so rare that many doctors (especially small town docs with little exotic disease experience) would have trouble diagnosing it.

If you wanna get to the bottom of this, then your cousin's immediate family needs to call the hospital and request the guy's admission records. A coroner's report would be good too (assuming an autopsy was done, considering Q fever is so rare and all).

Anyway, let's not be so hasty to jump on the gov't. they may screw up a lot and i wouldn't trust them as far as I can throw them. but they're not out to hide something like a Q fever casualty. seriously.

I was diagnosed with Q fever at the beggining of this year. jUdt as an example it has taken my doctor 7 years to trace it. I have been very ill with it and unfortunetly it has turned chronic but im now responding to treatment and have not (so far) got endocarditis. Thanks Mea Report It

I never heard of it I do not think But good luck and God bless you!