Prevalence of coxiella burnetii in ticks after a large outbreak of Q Fever

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-75

  Sprong, H ^a   Tijsse Klasen, E ^a   Langelaar, M ^a   De Bruin, A ^a   Fonville, M ^a   Gassner, F ^b   Takken, W ^b   Van Wieren, S ^b   Nijhof, A ^c   Jongejan, F ^c   Maassen, C B M ^b,e   Scholte, E J ^b   Hovius, J W ^b   Emil Hovius, K ^d   Spitalska E ^f   Van Duynhoven, Y T ^a  

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

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR ^*  (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Ixodes ricinus; Ruminants, transmission; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; LIVESTOCK; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; Q FEVER; SHEEP; TICK; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CATS; CATTLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DEER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IXODES; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; Q FEVER; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84855736871     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01421.x     Document Type: Article

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