Seroprevalence of Q fever in the United States, 2003-2004

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 691-694

  Anderson, Alicia D ^a   Kruszon Moran, Deanna ^b   Loftis, Amanda D ^c   McQuillan, Geraldine ^b   Nicholson, William L ^a   Priestley, Rachel A ^a   Candee, Amanda J ^a   Patterson, Nicole E ^a   Massung, Robert F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POVERTY; Q FEVER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 70349754560     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0168     Document Type: Article

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