| Title |
Assessing the long-term health impact of Q-fever in the Netherlands: a prospective cohort study started in 2007 on the largest documented Q-fever outbreak to date
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, October 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-12-280 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Joris AF van Loenhout, W John Paget, Jan H Vercoulen, Clementine J Wijkmans, Jeannine LA Hautvast, Koos van der Velden |
| Abstract |
Between 2007 and 2011, the Netherlands experienced the largest documented Q-fever outbreak to date with a total of 4108 notified acute Q-fever patients. Previous studies have indicated that Q-fever patients may suffer from long-lasting health effects, such as fatigue and reduced quality of life. Our study aims to determine the long-term health impact of Q-fever. It will also compare the health status of Q-fever patients with three reference groups: 1) healthy controls, 2) patients with Legionnaires' disease and 3) persons with a Q-fever infection but a-specific symptoms. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 39 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 7 | 18% |
| Researcher | 7 | 18% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 13% |
| Professor | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 10% |
| Other | 8 | 20% |
| Unknown | 5 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 10 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 8 | 20% |
| Unknown | 6 | 15% |
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