High seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii antibodies in veterinarians associated with Cattle Obstetrics, Bavaria, 2009

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 552-557

  Bernard, Helen ^a   Brockmann, Stefan O ^a,b,c   Kleinkauf, Niels ^a,b   Klinc, Christina ^d   Wagner Wiening, Christiane ^c   Stark, Klaus ^a   Jansen, Andreas ^a,e  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Postgraduate Training for Applied Epidemiology ^*  (Germany)

^c Baden Wuerttemberg State Health Authority   (Germany)

^d Bavarian Authority for Health and Food Safety Oberschleissheim   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Cattle; Coxiella burnetii; Cross sectional studies; Q fever; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Veterinarians

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; VETERINARIANS; ZOONOSES;

BOS; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84864064767     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0879     Document Type: Article

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