Investigation of a Q fever outbreak in a rural area of The Netherlands

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1283-1294

  Karagiannis, I ^a,b   Schimmer, Barbara ^a   Van Lier, A ^a   Timen, A ^a   Schneeberger, P ^a,c   Van Rotterdam, B ^a   De Bruin, A ^a   Wijkmans, C ^d   Rietveld, A ^d   Van Duynhoven, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b European Program for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET)   (Netherlands)

^c JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Municipal Health Service 'Hart voor Brabant'   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Disease outbreaks; Q fever; Weather

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NIGHT SWEAT; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; WEATHER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 69949157414     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001908     Document Type: Article

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