An outbreak of Q fever in Bulgaria

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-86

  Panaiotov, Stefan ^a   Ciccozzi, Massimo ^d   Brankova, Nadia ^a   Levterova, Victoria ^a   Mitova Tiholova, Mayda ^c   Amicosante, Massimo ^b   Rezza, Giovanni ^b   Kantardjiev, Todor ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Outbreak; Q fever

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; EPIDEMIC; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; Q FEVER; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BULGARIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; Q FEVER; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 69049118043     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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