Epidemiological survey on the route of Coxiella burnetii infection in an animal hospital

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-155

  Komiya, Tomoyoshi ^a   Sadamasu, Kenji ^b   Toriniwa, Hiroko ^a   Kato, Kimitoshi ^d   Arashima, Yasutomo ^d   Fukushi, Hideto ^c   Hirai, Katsuya ^c   Arakawa, Yasuyuki ^d  

^a KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Epidemiology; Infection route; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MINOCYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0038268881     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-003-0237-7     Document Type: Article

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