Pseudoepidemic of Q fever at an animal research facility

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-350

  Conti, Lisa A ^a,d   Belcuore, Thomas R ^a   Nicholson, William L ^b   Paddock, Christopher D ^b   Jenelle, Jennifer ^c   Singleton, Joseph ^b   Childs, James E ^b   Huey, Michael ^c   Wiersma, Steven ^a   Hopkins, Richard S ^a  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetti; Pseudo outbreak; Pseudoepidemic; Q fever; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; Q FEVER; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK REDUCTION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; STANDARDIZATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 19944426135     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2004.4.343     Document Type: Article

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