Shifting priorities in the aftermath of a Q fever epidemic in 2007 to 2009 in the Netherlands: From acute to chronic infection

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  van der Hoek, W ^a   Schneeberger, P M ^b   Oomen, T ^a   Wegdam Blans, M C ^c   Dijkstra, F ^a   Notermans, D W ^a   Bijlmer, H A ^a   Groeneveld, K ^d   Wijkmans, C J ^e   Rietveld, A ^e   Kampschreur, L M ^f   van Duynhoven, Y ^a  

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

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^d Health Council of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^e Municipal Health Service 'Hart voor Brabant'   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANEURYSM; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; Q FEVER; RISK; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 84856272360     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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