Q fever in Greenland

Anders Koch; Claus Bo Svendsen; Jens Jorgen Christensen; Henning Bundgaard; Lars Emil Vindfeld Møller; Claus Bohn Christiansen; Michael Kemp; John Steen Villumsen

doi:10.3201/eid1603.091220

Q fever in Greenland

Anders Koch, Claus Bo Svendsen, Jens Jorgen Christensen, Henning Bundgaard, Lars Emil Vindfeld Møller, Claus Bohn Christiansen, Michael Kemp, John Steen Villumsen

Department of Clinical Medicine

22 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases (Online Edition)
Volume	16
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	511-3
Number of pages	3
ISSN	1080-6059
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1603.091220
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2010

Access to Document

10.3201/eid1603.091220Licence: CC BY

http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc3322027?pdf=render

Cite this

@article{cf06c4c850d0400a8a4354bcd5a0ba86,

title = "Q fever in Greenland",

abstract = "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.",

author = "Anders Koch and Svendsen, {Claus Bo} and Christensen, {Jens Jorgen} and Henning Bundgaard and M{\o}ller, {Lars Emil Vindfeld} and Christiansen, {Claus Bohn} and Michael Kemp and Villumsen, {John Steen}",

year = "2010",

month = mar,

day = "1",

doi = "10.3201/eid1603.091220",

language = "English",

volume = "16",

pages = "511--3",

journal = "Emerging Infectious Diseases (Online)",

issn = "1080-6040",

publisher = "U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Q fever in Greenland

AU - Koch, Anders

AU - Svendsen, Claus Bo

AU - Christensen, Jens Jorgen

AU - Bundgaard, Henning

AU - Møller, Lars Emil Vindfeld

AU - Christiansen, Claus Bohn

AU - Kemp, Michael

AU - Villumsen, John Steen

PY - 2010/3/1

Y1 - 2010/3/1

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.3201/eid1603.091220

DO - 10.3201/eid1603.091220

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1080-6040

VL - 16

SP - 511

EP - 513

JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases (Online)

JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases (Online)

IS - 3

ER -

Q fever in Greenland

Abstract

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this