Persistent high antibody titres against Coxiella burnetiiafter acute Q fever not explained by continued exposure to the source of infection: a case-control study

BACKGROUND: From 2007 to 2010, (the southern part of) the Netherlands experienced a large Q fever epidemic, with more than 4,000 reported symptomatic cases. Approximately 1 - 5% of the acute Q fever patients develop chronic Q fever. A high IgG antibody titre against phase I of Coxiella burnetii duri...

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Autores principales: Jajou, Rana, Wielders, Cornelia Christina Henrica, Leclercq, Monique, van Leuken, Jeroen, Shamelian, Shahan, Renders, Nicole, van der Hoek, Wim, Schneeberger, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4251683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25421141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0629-6

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