Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) seroprevalence in cattle

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Mccaughey, C ^a   Murray, L J ^b   Mckenna, J P ^a   Menzies, F D ^c   Mccullough, S J ^d   O'neill, H J ^a   Wyatt, D E ^a   Cardwell, C R ^b   Coyle, P V ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c Veterinary Epidemiology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coxiella; Epidemiology; Q fever; Serology; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT; HERD; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER; RAT; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CATTLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOAT DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SWINE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COXIELLA BURNETII; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICE; NORTHERN IRELAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; Q FEVER; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 73349106836     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809002854     Document Type: Article

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