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Lack of association between serological evidence of past Coxiella burnetii infection and incident ischaemic heart disease: nested case-control study

BACKGROUND: Coxiella burnetii causes the common worldwide zoonotic infection, Q fever. It has been previously suggested that patients who had recovered from acute Q fever (whether symptomatic or otherwise) may be at increased risk of ischaemic heart disease. We undertook this study to determine if p...

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Autores principales: McCaughey, Conall, Murray, Liam J, McKenna, James P, Coyle, Peter V, O'Neill, Hugh J, Wyatt, Dorothy E, Woodside, Jayne V, Yarnell, John WG, Ducimetiere, Pierre, Bingham, Annie, Amouyel, Philippe, Montaye, Michele, Arveiler, Dominique, Haas, Bernadette, Ferrieres, Jean, Ruidavets, Jean-Bernard
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1185539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16033641
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-5-61