Multiple sites of exposure in an outbreak of ornithosis in workers at a poultry abattoir and farm

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1184-1191

  Tiong, A ^a,b,f   Vu, T ^a,c   Counahan, M ^a   Leydon, J ^d   Tallis, G ^a   Lambert, S ^b,e  

^a Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FARMING SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORNITHOSIS; POULTRY FARMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUCKS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSITTACOSIS;

EID: 34748834651     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880700790X     Document Type: Article

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