Investigation of a focus of Q fever in a nonfarming population in the federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 229-232

  McQuiston, Jennifer H ^a   Gibbons, R V ^a   Velic, R ^b   Nicholson, W L ^a   Castrodale, L ^a   Wainright, S H ^c   Vanniewenhoven, T J ^c   Morgan, E W ^d   Arapovic, L ^b   Delilic, A ^b   O'Reilly, M ^a   Bajrovic, T ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Veterinary Faculty   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d US Army   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Acute infection; Coxiella burnetii; Phase II antibody; Q fever

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CATTLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROATIA; DUST; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; ZOONOSIS;

BOS TAURUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038729138     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07368.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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