Clinical manifestations of Q fever in adults and children

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-164

  Terheggen, Ulrich ^a,b   Leggat, Peter A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Clinical features; Coxiella burnetii; Occupational; Q fever

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; INACTIVATED VACCINE; MACROLIDE; Q FEVER VACCINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOCARDITIS; FATALITY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVEL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; Q FEVER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRAVEL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34247161740     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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