Prevalence of antibodies to Coxiella burnetii among veterinary school of dairy herds in the United States, 2003

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-91

  McQuiston, Jennifer H ^a   Nargund, Vrinda N ^a   Miller, Jeffrey D ^a   Priestley, Rachael ^a   Shaw, Edward I ^a   Thompson, Herbert A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antibody; Coxiella burnetii; Milk

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRY CATTLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERD; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MILK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MILK; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19644381967     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.90     Document Type: Article

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