Q fever in Greenland

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 511-513

  Koch, Anders ^a,b   Svendsen, Claus Bo ^b   Christensen, Jens Jørgen ^b   Bundgaard, Henning ^a   Vindfeld, Lars ^c   Christiansen, Claus Bohn ^a   Kemp, Michael ^b   Villumsen, Steen ^b  

^a International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c Tasiilaq Health Center   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANTIBODY TITER; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COXIELLA BURNETII; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSPNEA; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; FOX; GREENLAND; HEART FAILURE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; Q FEVER; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SEAL; THORAX PAIN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AORTA; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GREENLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; Q FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77649116367     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1603.091220     Document Type: Article

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