Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii Infection in Africa: A OneHealth Systematic Review

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Vanderburg, Sky ^a   Rubach, Matthew P ^b   Halliday, Jo E B ^c   Cleaveland, Sarah ^c   Reddy, Elizabeth A ^a,b,d   Crump, John A ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^e KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; VECTOR CONTROL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84901264673     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002787     Document Type: Article

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