Reduction of coxiella burnetii prevalence by vaccination of goats and sheep, The Netherlands

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-386

  Hogerwerf, Lenny ^a   van den Brom, René ^b   Roest, Hendrik I J ^c   Bouma, Annemarie ^a   Vellema, Piet ^b   Pieterse, Maarten ^a   Dercksen, Daan ^b   Nielen, Mirjam ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COXEVAC; Q FEVER VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; GOAT; MILK; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; SHEEP; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; UTERUS FLUID;

EID: 79952477219     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1703.101157     Document Type: Article

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