Human seroprevalence to Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) in Northern Ireland

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 189-194

  McCaughey, C ^a   McKenna, J ^a   McKenna, C ^a   Coyle, P V ^a   O'Neill, H J ^a   Wyatt, D E ^a   Smyth, B ^b   Murray, L J ^c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Determinants; Distribution; Human; Northern Ireland; Q fever; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; ZOONOSES;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 41749092976     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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