Q fever in the Netherlands: A concise overview and implications of the largest ongoing outbreak

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 365-367

  Delsing, C E ^a   Kullberg, B J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; GOAT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA; LEPTOSPIRA; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; Q FEVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55049100881     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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