In search of hidden Q-fever outbreaks: Linking syndromic hospital clusters to infected goat farms

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-26

  Van Den Wijngaard, C C ^a   Dijkstra, F ^a   Van Pelt, W ^a   Van Asten, L ^a   Kretzschmar, M ^a,b   Schimmer, B ^a   Nagelkerke, N J D ^c   Vellema, P ^d   Donker, G A ^e   Koopmans, M P G ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Outbreaks; Q fever; respiratory infections; surveillance; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GOAT; HEPATITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GOAT DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79952116171     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001032     Document Type: Article

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