Seroprevalence and risk factors for Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) seropositivity in dairy goat farmers' households in The Netherlands, 2009-2010.

Community Q fever epidemics occurred in The Netherlands in 2007-2009, with dairy goat and dairy sheep farms as the implicated source. The aim of the study was to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors for seropositivity in dairy goat farmers and their household members living or working on th...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Barbara Schimmer, Anke Lenferink, Peter Schneeberger, Helen Aangenend, Piet Vellema, Jeannine Hautvast, Yvonne van Duynhoven
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3407076?pdf=render