Possible sexual transmission of Q fever among humans

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1087-1088

  Kruszewska, Danuta ^a   Lembowicz, Krystyna ^b   Tylewska Wierzbanowska, Stanislawa ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SHEEP;

EID: 0029784557     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.6.1087     Document Type: Article

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