Visits on 'lamb-viewing days' at a sheep farm open to the public was a risk factor for Q fever in 2009

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 858-864

  Whelan, J ^a,b   Schimmer, B ^a   De Bruin, A ^a   Van Beest Holle, M Robert Du Ry ^a   Van Der Hoek, W ^a   Ter Schegget, R ^c  

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

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

^c Municipal Health Service Brabant Zuidoost   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case control study; Coxiella; Q fever; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP FARMING; SMOKING HABIT; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84859434010     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811001427     Document Type: Article

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