Risk of chronic Q fever in patients with cardiac valvulopathy, seven years after a large epidemic in the Netherlands.

<h4>Background</h4>From 2007 through 2010, a large epidemic of acute Q fever occurred in the Netherlands. Patients with cardiac valvulopathy are at high risk to develop chronic Q fever after an acute infection. This patient group was not routinely screened, so it is unknown whether all t...

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Main Authors: Marit M A de Lange, Arko Scheepmaker, Wim van der Hoek, Monique Leclercq, Peter M Schneeberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221247