Outbreak of Q fever and seroprevalence in a rural town from Soria;Brote de fiebre Q y seroprevalencia en una poblacioݩn rural de la provincia de Soria

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 57-60

  Nebreda, Teresa ^a   Contreras, Eugenio ^b   Merino, Francisco Jesuݩs ^b   Dodero, Eduardo ^c   Campos, Aݩngel ^b  

^a Bienestar Social de Soria   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Microbiología del Hospital General del Insalud de Soria   (Spain)

^c Bienestar Social de Soria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Outbreak; Q fever; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; Q FEVER; RURAL POPULATION; SHEEP; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; Q FEVER; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SPAIN;

EID: 0035257852     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-005X(01)72561-X     Document Type: Article

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