Ovine-associated Q fever

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 744-751

  Webster, D ^a   Haase, D ^b   Marrie, T J ^c   Campbell, N ^b   Pettipas, J ^b   Davidson, R ^b   Hatchette, T F ^b  

^a SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Q Fever; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEVOFLOXACIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EWE; EXPOSURE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; SEROLOGY; SHEEP; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; NOVA SCOTIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 65549086542     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001404     Document Type: Article

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