Potential association between Coxiella burnetii seroprevalence and selected risk factors among veterinary students in Slovakia

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-53

  Dorko, Erik ^a   Rimárová, Kvetoslava ^a   Kecerová, Annamária ^a   Pilipčinec, Emil ^b   Dudríková, Eva ^b   Lovayová, Viera ^b   Petrovičová, Jozefína ^a   Boroš, Erich ^c  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^c Railway Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antibody; Coxiella burnetii; ELISA; Q fever; Students of veterinary medicine

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FARM ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PET ANIMAL; Q FEVER; RAW FOOD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVAKIA; STUDENT; TICK BITE; VETERINARY ABORTION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VETERINARY STUDENT;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 79960374349     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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