Q fever in the Netherlands: The role of local environmental conditions

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 441-451

  Van Der Hoek, Wim ^a   Hunink, Johannes ^b   Vellema, Piet ^c   Droogers, Peter ^b  

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

^b FutureWater Wageningen   (Netherlands)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Environment; Goats; Q fever; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DAIRY FARMING; DATA SET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPIDEMIC; GOAT; INFECTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; GOAT; HUMAN; LAND USE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER; SHEEP FARMING; SOIL; VEGETATION; WEATHER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WEATHER; ZOONOSES;

NETHERLANDS;

CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84856164884     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2011.574270     Document Type: Article

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