Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) in Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus at livestock farms and urban locations in the Netherlands; could Rattus spp. represent reservoirs for (re)introduction?

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 124-130

  Reusken, Chantal ^a   van der Plaats, Rozemarijn ^a   Opsteegh, Marieke ^a   de Bruin, Arnout ^a   Swart, Arno ^a  

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

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Q fever; Rats; Reservoir; Transmission; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; RAT; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; LIVESTOCK; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; RATS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79959503369     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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