Details:

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.
Subject:
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Adult
Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial
Aorta
Bacteria
Coxiella Burnetii
Dispatch
DNA, Bacterial
Dogs
Endocarditis
Endocarditis, Bacterial
Humans
Inuit
Male
Mitral Valve
Molecular Sequence Data
Q Fever
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Dispatch

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 16(3):511-513.
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Place as Subject:
Greenland ; Arctic Regions ;
Greenland ; Arctic Regions ; Less -
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:410cdf174e8e56c02a8567fd804ed918173f340213c2c66f1253e880bbd35c86
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