Q Fever in Greenland

Koch, Anders; Svendsen, Claus Bo; Christensen, Jens Jørgen; Bundgaard, Henning; Vindfeld, Lars; Christiansen, Claus Bohn; Kemp, Michael; Villumsen, Steen

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Q Fever in Greenland

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Mar 2010
By Koch, Anders ; Svendsen, Claus Bo ; Christensen, Jens Jørgen ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Koch, Anders ; Svendsen, Claus Bo ; Christensen, Jens Jørgen ; Bundgaard, Henning ; Vindfeld, Lars ; Christiansen, Claus Bohn ; Kemp, Michael ; Villumsen, Steen
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.
Subjects:

Adult Animals Antibodies, Bacterial Aorta DNA, Bacterial Dogs Endocarditis, Bacterial Humans Male Mitral Valve Molecular Sequence Data Q Fever Sequence Analysis, DNA
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 16(3):511-513.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Dispatch
Place as Subject:

Greenland ; Arctic Regions
Location:

North America
Volume:

16
Issue:

3
Collection(s):

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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