Q-fever patients suffer from impaired health status long after the acute phase of the illness: Results from a 24-month cohort study

Journal of Infection

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 237-246

  van Loenhout, Joris A F ^a   Hautvast, Jeannine L A ^a   Vercoulen, Jan H ^a   Akkermans, Reinier P ^a   Wijkmans, Clementine J ^a,b   van der Velden, Koos ^a   Paget, W John ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service Hart voor Brabant   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Health status; Q fever; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q FEVER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84922805488     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.10.010     Document Type: Article

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