Is Q fever an emerging or re-emerging zoonosis?

Veterinary Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 327-349

  Arricau Bouvery, Nathalie ^a   Rodolakis, Annie ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Control; Coxiella burnetii; Diagnostic; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; CALCIUM CARBIMIDE; CALCIUM OXIDE; CHLOROFORM; CHLOROFORM METHANOL EXTRACTED BACTERIAL RESIDUE VACCINE; DOXYCYCLINE; LAT; LONG ACTING DRUG; METHANOL; OXYTETRACYCLINE; Q VAX; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHOLE CELL VACCINE;

AEROSOL; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER; REVIEW; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COXIELLA BURNETII; HUMANS; Q FEVER; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 19144361981     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2005010     Document Type: Review

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