Q Fever among Culling Workers, the Netherlands, 2009–2010
In 2009, dairy goat farms in the Netherlands were implicated in >2,300 cases of Q fever; in response, 51,820 small ruminants were culled. Among 517 culling workers, despite use of personal protective equipment, 17.5% seroconverted for antibodies to Coxiella burnetii. Vaccination of culling workers could be considered.
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2011 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 9, Pp 1719-1723 (2011) |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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| Schlagwörter: | Q fever / epidemiology / agricultural workers’ diseases / occupational diseases / antibodies / bacteria / Medicine / R / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29171530 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1709.110051 |
