A Q fever outbreak in a psychiatric care institution in the Netherlands

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-18

  Koene, R P M ^a,b   Schimmer, B ^b,c   Rensen, H ^d   Biesheuvel, M ^e   De Bruin, A ^c   Lohuis, A ^a   Horrevorts, A ^f   Lunel, F Verduyn ^b   Delsing, C E ^b   Hautvast, J L A ^a,b  

^a Municipal Health Service   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^d GGZ Location Nijmeegse Baan   (Netherlands)

^e Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^f CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community outbreaks; coxiellae; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CHRONIC PATIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH VISITOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAMB; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; Q FEVER; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; Q FEVER; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79952118094     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881000021X     Document Type: Article

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