A large Q fever outbreak in an urban school in Central Israel

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1433-1438

  Amitai, Ziva ^a   Bromberg, Michal ^a   Bernstein, Michael ^d   Raveh, David ^e   Keysary, Avi ^f   David, Dan ^d   Pitlik, Silvio ^g   Swerdlow, David ^h   Massung, Robert ^h   Rzotkiewicz, Sabine ^f   Halutz, Ora ^b   Shohat, Tamy ^a,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^e SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f Israel Institute for Biological Research   (United States)

^g RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR CONDITIONING; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951817909     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652442     Document Type: Article

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