Q fever: An old but still a poorly understood disease

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Honarmand, Hamidreza ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; Q FEVER VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BREATHING; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; COUGHING; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISINFECTION; DRINKING; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDOCARDITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; FEVER; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HAND WASHING; HEADACHE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MENINGITIS; MYALGIA; MYOCARDITIS; NIGHT SWEAT; NONHUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; THORAX PAIN; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 84871452676     PISSN: 1687708X     EISSN: 16877098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/131932     Document Type: Review

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