Epidemiological Characteristics of Serologically Confirmed Q Fever Cases in South Korea, 2006-2011

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-38

  Kwak, Wooseok ^a   Chu, Hyuk ^b   Hwang, Seondo ^b   Park, Ji Hyuk ^a   Hwang, Kyu Jam ^b   Gwack, Jin ^a   Choi, Young Sil ^b   Youn, Seung Ki ^a   Park, Mi Yeoun ^b  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Epidemiology; Q fever; South Korea

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CATTLE; CHILL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DIZZINESS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RARE DISEASE; RASH; RAW FOOD; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; SPLENOMEGALY; SPRING; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VOMITING;

EID: 84875096272     PISSN: 22109099     EISSN: 22109110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrp.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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