Screening for Coxiella burnetii seroprevalence in chronic Q fever high-risk groups reveals the magnitude of the Dutch Q fever outbreak

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 847-851

  Kampschreur, L M ^a,b   Hagenaars, J C J P ^b   Wielders, C C H ^b,c   Elsman, P ^b   Lestrade, P J ^b   Koning, O H J ^b   Oosterheert, J J ^a   Renders, N H M ^b   Wever, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Q fever; seroprevalence; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; RISK; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84874459176     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812001203     Document Type: Article

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