Q fever is an old and neglected zoonotic disease in Kenya: A systematic review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Njeru, J ^a,b,c   Henning, K ^a   Pletz, M W ^b   Heller, R ^d   Neubauer, H ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Epidemiology; Kenya; Q fever; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HUMAN; KENYA; NEGLECTED DISEASES; Q FEVER; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KENYA; NEGLECTED DISEASES; Q FEVER; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84962424472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2929-9     Document Type: Review

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