Assessing Q fever in a representative sample from the United States population: Identification of a potential occupational hazard

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-46

  Walsh, M G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Coxiella burnetii; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 82455175281     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811000227     Document Type: Article

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