Q fever cases at a North Queensland centre during 1994-2006

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 644-646

  Gale, M ^a   Ketheesan, N ^b   Govan, B ^b   Kennedy, R L ^c   Norton, R ^a,c  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coxiella burnetti; Q fever; Queensland; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ESTRADIOL; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; RIFAMPICIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34547893816     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01441.x     Document Type: Review

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