Exposure to low doses of Coxiella burnetii caused high illness attack rates: Insights from combining human challenge and outbreak data

Exposure to low doses of Coxiella burnetii caused high illness attack rates: Insights from combining human challenge and outbreak data

Background: As a major zoonotic pathogen, characterization of the infectivity and pathogenicity of Coxiella burnetii is essential to understand Q-fever epidemiology. Objectives: We want to extend a recently published human dose response model based on experimental challenge of young adult males to i...

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Main Authors: Russell John Brooke, Nico T. Mutters, Olivier Péter, Mirjam E.E. Kretzschmar, Peter F.M. Teunis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-06-01
Series:Epidemics
Subjects:
Q-fever
Coxiella burnetii
Outbreak
Dose response
Exposure estimates
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436514000735

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