Q Fever in Greenland

We report a patient with Q fever endocarditis in a settlement in eastern Greenland (Isortoq, Ammassalik area). Likely animal sources include sled dogs and seals. Q fever may be underdiagnosed in Arctic areas but may also represent an emerging infection.

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Autores principales: Koch, Anders, Svendsen, Claus Bo, Christensen, Jens Jørgen, Bundgaard, Henning, Vindfeld, Lars, Christiansen, Claus Bohn, Kemp, Michael, Villumsen, Steen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20202433
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1603.091220
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author Koch, Anders
Svendsen, Claus Bo
Christensen, Jens Jørgen
Bundgaard, Henning
Vindfeld, Lars
Christiansen, Claus Bohn
Kemp, Michael
Villumsen, Steen
author_facet Koch, Anders
Svendsen, Claus Bo
Christensen, Jens Jørgen
Bundgaard, Henning
Vindfeld, Lars
Christiansen, Claus Bohn
Kemp, Michael
Villumsen, Steen
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spelling pubmed-33220272012-04-23 Q Fever in Greenland Koch, Anders Svendsen, Claus Bo Christensen, Jens Jørgen Bundgaard, Henning Vindfeld, Lars Christiansen, Claus Bohn Kemp, Michael Villumsen, Steen Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a patient with Q fever endocarditis in a settlement in eastern Greenland (Isortoq, Ammassalik area). Likely animal sources include sled dogs and seals. Q fever may be underdiagnosed in Arctic areas but may also represent an emerging infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3322027/ /pubmed/20202433 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1603.091220 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Koch, Anders
Svendsen, Claus Bo
Christensen, Jens Jørgen
Bundgaard, Henning
Vindfeld, Lars
Christiansen, Claus Bohn
Kemp, Michael
Villumsen, Steen
Q Fever in Greenland
title Q Fever in Greenland
title_full Q Fever in Greenland
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title_full_unstemmed Q Fever in Greenland
title_short Q Fever in Greenland
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20202433
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1603.091220
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