Suburban transmission of Q fever in French Guiana: Evidence of a wild reservoir

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 278-284

  Gardon, Jacques ^a   Héraud, Jean Michel ^a   Laventure, Stéphane ^a   Ladam, Aélis ^a   Capot, Philippe ^b   Fouquet, Eric ^c   Favre, Jacques ^d   Weber, Sacha ^e   Hommel, Didier ^f   Hulin, Alain ^f   Couratte, Yves ^b   Talarmin, Antoine ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LA GUYANE   (French Guiana)

^b Service de Santédes Armées   (French Guiana)

^c Direction des Services Vétérinaires   (French Guiana)

^d Services Vétérinaires Départemental   (French Guiana)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANURA; BIRDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHIROPTERA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DUST; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; GEOGRAPHY; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; Q FEVER; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035426063     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322034     Document Type: Article

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