The rise and control of the 2007-2012 human Q fever outbreaks in the Netherlands

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 69-78

  Vellema, Piet ^a   van den Brom, René ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Goat; Q fever; Sheep; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84897029971     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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