Seroepidemiological feature of Q fever among sheep in Northern Iran
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A seroepidemiological survey of Q fever among sheep in Mazandaran province, northern Iran.
Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii which infects various hosts, including humans and animals. As Q fever is considered a public health problem and there is little epidemiological information on the status of the disease in various parts of Iran, the presented study was carried out to evaluate the seroepidemiology of Q fever among sheep in the province of Mazandaran, northern Iran...
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عنوان ژورنال: Retrovirology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1742-4690
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s1-p40