Open AccessSurveillance for Q Fever Endocarditis in the United States, 1999–2015
Author(s) -
Anne Straily,
F. Scott Dahlgren,
Amy Peterson,
Christopher D. Paddock
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix702
Subject(s) - endocarditis , coxiella burnetii , q fever , medicine , infective endocarditis , epidemiology , pediatrics , immunology , virology
Q fever is a worldwide zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. In some persons, particularly those with cardiac valve disease, infection with C. burnetii can cause a life-threatening infective endocarditis. There are few descriptive analyses of Q fever endocarditis in the United States.
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