Antibodies against Coxiella burnetii and pregnancy outcome during the 2007-2008 Q fever outbreaks in the Netherlands
Abstract Background Q fever has become a major public health problem in the Netherlands. Infection with Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) during pregnancy has resulted in adverse pregnancy outcome in the majority of reported cases. Therefore, we aimed to quantify this risk by examining the earliest periods corresponding to the epidemic in the Netherlands. Methods Serum samples that had been collected from the area of highest incidence by an existing national prenatal screening programme and data from the Netherlands Perinatal Registry (PRN) on diagnosis and outcome were used. We performed indirect i... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2011 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 44 (2011) |
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Schlagwörter: | Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26802198 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-44 |