Q fever surveillance in ruminants, Thailand, 2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2056-2058

  Yingst, Samuel L ^a   Opaschaitat, Pattarin ^b   Kanitpun, Reka ^b   Thammasart, Suree ^b   Ekgatat, Monaya ^b   Jirathanawat, Vimol ^c   Wongwicharn, Preecha ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c Region 8 Regional Veterinary Diagnostic Center   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BOVIDS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MILK; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND;

BACTERIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; PCR; PLACENTA; Q FEVER; RUMINANTS; SURVEILLANCE; THAILAND;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; COXIELLA BURNETII; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; Q FEVER; RUMINANTS; THAILAND;

EID: 84888107975     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1912.130624     Document Type: Letter

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