Ovine manure used as a garden fertiliser as a suspected source of human Q fever

Veterinary Record

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 269-270

  Berri, M ^a   Rousset, E ^b   Champion, J L ^c   Arricau Bouvery, N ^a   Russo, P ^b   Pepin, M ^b   Rodolakis, A ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c Veterinarie Conseil du GDS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER ENZYME; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FARMING SYSTEM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERVIEW; MALAISE; MALE; MANURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0042825751     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.153.9.269     Document Type: Article

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