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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Koch, Anders ; Svendsen, Claus Bo ; Christensen, Jens Jørgen ; Bundgaard, Henning ; Vindfeld, Lars ; ... More +
Koch, Anders ; Svendsen, Claus Bo ; Christensen, Jens Jørgen ; Bundgaard, Henning ; Vindfeld, Lars ; Christiansen, Claus Bohn ; Kemp, Michael ; Villumsen, Steen Less -
Description:
We report a patient with Q fever endocarditis in a settlement in eastern Greenland (Isortoq, Ammassalik area). Likely animal sources include sled dogs and seals. Q fever may be underdiagnosed in Arctic areas but may also represent an emerging infection.
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Adult Animals Antibodies, Bacterial Aorta Bacteria Coxiella Burnetii Dispatch DNA, Bacterial Dogs Endocarditis Endocarditis, Bacterial Humans Inuits Male Mitral Valve Molecular Sequence Data Q Fever Sequence Analysis, DNA
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 16(3):511-513.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Greenland ; Arctic Regions
Greenland ; Arctic Regions Less -
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:410cdf174e8e56c02a8567fd804ed918173f340213c2c66f1253e880bbd35c86
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18054/cdc_18054_DS1.pdf
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