First report of Q fever in Oman

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-76

  Scrimgeour, Euan M ^a   Johnston, William J ^a   Al Dhahry, Said H S ^a   El Khatim, Hussein S ^b   John, Valliath ^c   Musa, Mohamed ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER;

EID: 0034004050     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0606.000614     Document Type: Article

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