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. 1955;13(5):781-806.

The spread of Q fever from animals to man; the natural history of a rickettsial disease

M G STOKER, B P MARMION

The spread of Q fever from animals to man; the natural history of a rickettsial disease

M G STOKER et al. Bull World Health Organ. 1955.

Abstract

The authors review the sources of R. burneti in nature. The organism has been isolated in ticks, domestic and wild animals, and birds. The maintenance of the infection in nature is discussed. The epidemiology of Q fever in man, and the manner in which the infection is transmitted by domestic animals, are described.

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