An outbreak of sheep-associated Q fever in a rural community in Germany

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-199

  Lyytikainen O ^a,b   Ziese, T ^b,c   Schwartlander B ^a   Matzdorff, P ^d   Kuhnhen, C ^d   Jager C ^e   Petersen, L ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Europ Prog Intervention E   (Belgium)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Coxiella burnetii; Outbreak investigation; Q fever

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; Q FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; ODDS RATIO; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0031886625     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007452503863     Document Type: Article

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