Q fever 1985-1998: Clinical and epidemiologic features of 1,383 infections

Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-123

  Raoult, Didier ^a   Tissot Dupont, Herve ^a   Foucault, Cedric ^a   Gouvernet, Joanny ^b   Fournier, Pierre E ^a   Bernit, Emmanuelle ^a   Stein, Andreas ^a   Nesri, Meyer ^c   Harle, Jean R ^d   Weiller, Pierre J ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^d HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYOCARDITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERICARDITIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; ZOONOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 0034041758     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-200003000-00005     Document Type: Article

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