Role of sex, age, previous valve lesion, and pregnancy in the clinical expression and outcome of Q fever after a large outbreak

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 232-237

  Tissot Dupont, Hervé ^a   Vaillant, Véronique ^b   Rey, Sylvie ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^c Cellule d'Intervention Régionale en Epidémiologie Rhône Alpes ^*  (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33846131253     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510389     Document Type: Article

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