Is Q fever an emerging infection in Turkey?

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 384-391

  Gozalan, A ^a   Esen, B ^a   Rolain, J M ^b   Akin, L ^c   Raoult, D ^b  

^a Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

^b WHO Collaborative Centre for Rickettsial Reference and Research   (France)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIARRHEA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; Q FEVER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; VOMITING;

EID: 33645303502     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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