Q fever

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9511, 2006, Pages 679-688

  Parker, Neil R ^a,b   Barralet, Jennifer H ^a   Bell, Alan Morton ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Darling Downs Public Health Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACELLULAR VACCINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LIVE VACCINE; Q FEVER VACCINE;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COXIELLA BURNETII; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SEROLOGY;

EID: 33344471823     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68266-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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