Assessing the long-term health impact of Q-fever in the Netherlands: a prospective cohort study started in 2007 on the largest documented Q-fever outbreak to date
Abstract Background Between 2007 and 2011, the Netherlands experienced the largest documented Q-fever outbreak to date with a total of 4108 notified acute Q-fever patients. Previous studies have indicated that Q-fever patients may suffer from long-lasting health effects, such as fatigue and reduced quality of life. Our study aims to determine the long-term health impact of Q-fever. It will also compare the health status of Q-fever patients with three reference groups: 1) healthy controls, 2) patients with Legionnaires’ disease and 3) persons with a Q-fever infection but a-specific symptoms. Me... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 280 (2012) |
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Schlagwörter: | Q-fever / Coxiella burnetii / Health status / Quality of life / Legionnaires’ disease / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27190546 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-280 |