Outbreak of Q fever associated with a horse-boarding ranch, Colorado, 2005

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 394-402

  Bamberg, Wendy M ^a,d   Pape, W John ^b   Beebe, James L ^b   Nevin Woods, Christine ^c   Ray, William ^b   Maguire, Hugh ^b   Nucci, Justin ^b   Massung, Robert F ^a   Gershman, Ken ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

^c Pueblo City County Health Department   (United States)

^d El Paso County Department of Health and Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Coxiella; Q fever; Zoonosis; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GOAT; HERD; HORSE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; EQUIDAE;

EID: 35148848605     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0104     Document Type: Article

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