Q fever update, Maritime Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-69

  Marrie, Thomas J ^a   Campbell, Nancy ^b   McNeil, Shelly A ^b   Webster, Duncan ^b   Hatchette, Todd F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049017435     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1401.071256     Document Type: Article

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