Potential animal and environmental sources of Q fever infection for humans in Queensland

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 105-112

  Tozer, S J ^a   Lambert, S B ^a,b   Strong, C L ^c   Field, H E ^d   Sloots, T P ^a   Nissen, M D ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^e Central Queensland Pathology Laboratory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Infectious disease; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATS; CATTLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; HORSES; HUMANS; MARSUPIALIA; PETS; Q FEVER; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICKS; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84893869083     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12051     Document Type: Article

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