Seroepidemiologic and occupational risk survey for Coxiella burnetii antibodies among US veterinarians

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 550-557

  Whitney, Ellen A S ^a   Massung, Robert F ^b   Candee, Amanda J ^b   Ailes, Elizabeth C ^a   Myers, Lee M ^c,d   Patterson, Nicole E ^b   Berkelman, Ruth L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c Georgia Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 60549094687     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596705     Document Type: Article

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