Coxiella burnetii infection in roe deer during Q fever epidemic, The Netherlands

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2369-2371

  Rijks, Jolianne M ^a   Roest, Hendrik I J ^b   van Tulden, Peter W ^b   Kik, Marja J L ^a   Ijzer, Jooske ^a   Gröne, Andrea ^a  

^a Dutch Wildlife Health Centre   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COXIELLA BURNETII; DEER; DISEASE DURATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LETTER; MORTALITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROE DEER; SEASONAL VARIATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 84930473123     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1712.110580     Document Type: Letter

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