Epidemiology and clinical features of human infection with coxiella burnetii in denmark during 2006-07

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-68

  Bacci, S ^a,b   Villumsen, S ^b   Valentiner Branth, P ^b   Smith, B ^b   Krogfelt, K A ^b   Molbak K ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Coxiella burnetii; Denmark; Epidemiology; Q fever; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENMARK; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ASTHENIA; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COXIELLA BURNETII; DENMARK; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; Q FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

BOS; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 84855719993     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01419.x     Document Type: Article

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