Q fever in the United States: Summary of case reports from two national surveillance systems, 2000-2012

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 247-255

  Dahlgren, F Scott ^a   McQuiston, Jennifer H ^a   Massung, Robert F ^a   Anderson, Alicia D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRINKING; ETHNICITY; FATALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MILK; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RACE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CHILD; FEMALE; GOAT; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84922287181     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0503     Document Type: Article

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