Table 1.

Clinical features of four patients from rural western Kenya with acute lower respiratory illness, diagnosed serologically with acute Q fever

Patient no.	1	2	3	4
Sex	Male	Male	Male	Male
Age (years)	31	22	10	7
Fever?	Y	Y	Y	Y
Axillary temperature	38.3°C	38.7°C	38.2°C	39.5°C
Chills?	Y	Y	Y	Y
Cough?	Y	Y	Y	Y
Headache?	Y	Y	Y	Y
Difficulty breathing?	N	N	N	N
Sneezing?	N	N	N	Y
Sore throat?	Y	N	N	N
Ear problems?	N	N	N	N
Diarrhea?	N	N	N	N
Abdominal pain?	N	N	N	N
Vomiting?	N	N	Y	Y