Hyperendemic focus of Q fever related to sheep and wind

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-74

  Tissot Dupont, Hervé ^a   Torres, Sylvie ^b   Nezri, Meyer ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Disease outbreaks; Q fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FRANCE; INCIDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHEEP; WIND; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0033168173     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009920     Document Type: Article

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