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. 1997 Feb;2(2):12-13.
doi: 10.2807/esm.02.02.00137-en.

Urban outbreak of Q fever, Briancon, France, March to June 1996

A Armengaud  1 , N Kessalis, J-C. Desenclos, E Maillot, P Brousse, P Brouqui, H Tixier-Dupont, D Raoult, P Provensal, Y Obadia
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Urban outbreak of Q fever, Briancon, France, March to June 1996

A Armengaud et al. Euro Surveill. 1997 Feb.

Abstract

Q fever is an ubiquitous zoonosis caused by the rickettsial organism Coxiella burnetii. Both sporadic cases and epidemics occur in areas where sheep and goats are bred. The main route of transmission is by inhalation of aerosols from the environment (soil

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