A pedagogical farm as a source of Q fever in a French city

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 957-961

  Tissot Dupont, Hervé ^a   Amadei, Marie Antoinette ^b   Nezri, Meyer ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Genéral   (France)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Epidemiology; Human; Pedagogical farm; Q fever; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PEDAGOGICS; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHEEP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; WIND; ZOONOSES;

EID: 27744533600     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-2336-5     Document Type: Article

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