Q fever outbreak in a small village, Taiwan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-213

  Hung, Min Nan ^a   Chou, Yu Fang ^a   Chen, Mei Ju ^a   Hou, Min Yi ^b   Lin, Po Shan ^b   Lin, Chien Chou ^b   Lin, Li Jen ^a  

^a Centers for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; Q FEVER; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAIWAN; WILD ANIMAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUNTJACS; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77953343686     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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