Q fever in Extremadura: An emerging infection;Fiebre Q en Extremadura: Una infección emergente

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 230-234

  Muñoz Sanz, Agustín ^a   Vera, Araceli ^a   Vidigal, Francisco Félix Rodríguez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Emerging infection; Q fever

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOCARDITIS; FARM ANIMAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; Q FEVER; RURAL AREA; SPAIN;

EID: 34248354430     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13100462     Document Type: Article

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