A serosurvey of Coxiella burnetii infection in children and young adults in South West Queensland

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-82

  Parker, Neil ^a   Robson, Jennifer ^b   Bell, Morton ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Children; Coxiella burnetii; Q fever; Rural; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COXIELLA BURNETII; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649219488     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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