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 ...

Verfasser: Notermans Daan W
Wijers Nancy
Leenders Alexander CAP
Meekelenkamp Jamie CE
van der Hoek Wim
Hukkelhoven Chantal WPM
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Reihe/Periodikum: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 44 (2011)
Verlag/Hrsg.: BMC
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