Q fever: A recent 'outbreak' in Townsville [2]

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 208-210

  Chong, A K H ^a   La Brooy, J ^b   Norton, R ^b   Masson, J ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE FARMING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUSTRALIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038016835     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2003.00335.x     Document Type: Letter

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