Open AccessOutbreak of Q fever in workers at a meat processing plant in Scotland, July 2006
Author(s) -
Martin Donaghy,
H. Prempeh,
Neil Macdonald
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
deleted journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.11.34.03031-en
Subject(s) - outbreak , meat packing industry , public health , q fever , geography , environmental health , veterinary medicine , socioeconomics , medicine , virology , biology , food science , nursing , sociology
On 9 July 2006, local public health authorities became aware of an increase of influenza-like illness in people who worked at a meat processing plant where cattle and sheep were slaughtered