Investigation of a Q fever outbreak in a scottish co-located slaughterhouse and cutting plant

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 493-498

  Wilson, L E ^a   Couper, S ^b   Prempeh, H ^b   Young, D ^c   Pollock, K G J ^a   Stewart, W C ^a,d   Browning, L M ^a   Donaghy, M ^a  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d Animal Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Migrant workers; Q fever; Slaughterhouse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKER;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COHORT STUDIES; COXIELLA BURNETII; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCOTLAND; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78649657058     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01251.x     Document Type: Article

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