QFIG

 The Australian Q fever interest group (QFIG) is an expert group of interested clinicians, microbiologists, public health physicians, veterinarians and researchers. It was in October 2021 in response to broad support for improved understanding of the natural history of the disease in the local context. Greater understanding is sought on geospatial and temporal differences including climate impacts, trends in potential exposure factors for those without traditional risk factors, proportion of cases and risk factors for progression to chronic Q fever or post Q fever fatigue syndrome, diagnostic markers for development of and therapeutic monitoring for chronic disease, and comparison with international data sets. QFIG aims to establish a prospective, longitudinal Australian Q Fever clinical registry for this purpose.
More information on QFIG can be found here.