Q Fever in Greenland

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.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Koch, Anders, Svendsen, Claus Bo, Christensen, Jens Jørgen, Bundgaard, Henning, Vindfeld, Lars, Christiansen, Claus Bohn, Kemp, Michael, Villumsen, Steen
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Dispatch
Q fever
Coxiella burnetii
endocarditis
bacteria
Greenland
Arctic
Inuit
Adult
Animals
Antibodies
Bacterial
Aorta
DNA
Dogs
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve
Molecular Sequence Data
Sequence Analysis
Ammassalik
inuit
Isortoq
Online Access:http://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18054/
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spelling ftcdc:oai:example.org:cdc:18054 2023-05-15T13:22:16+02:00 Q Fever in Greenland Emerg Infect Dis Koch, Anders Svendsen, Claus Bo Christensen, Jens Jørgen Bundgaard, Henning Vindfeld, Lars Christiansen, Claus Bohn Kemp, Michael Villumsen, Steen http://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18054/ unknown http://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18054/ Emerg Infect Dis. 16(3):511-513. Dispatch Q fever Coxiella burnetii endocarditis bacteria Greenland Arctic Inuit Adult Animals Antibodies Bacterial Aorta DNA Dogs Humans Male Mitral Valve Molecular Sequence Data Sequence Analysis ftcdc 2017-04-11T13:17:41Z 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. Other/Unknown Material Ammassalik Arctic Greenland inuit Isortoq CDC Stacks (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Arctic Greenland
institution Open Polar
collection CDC Stacks (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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language unknown
topic Dispatch
Q fever
Coxiella burnetii
endocarditis
bacteria
Greenland
Arctic
Inuit
Adult
Animals
Antibodies
Bacterial
Aorta
DNA
Dogs
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve
Molecular Sequence Data
Sequence Analysis
spellingShingle Dispatch
Q fever
Coxiella burnetii
endocarditis
bacteria
Greenland
Arctic
Inuit
Adult
Animals
Antibodies
Bacterial
Aorta
DNA
Dogs
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve
Molecular Sequence Data
Sequence Analysis
Q Fever in Greenland
topic_facet Dispatch
Q fever
Coxiella burnetii
endocarditis
bacteria
Greenland
Arctic
Inuit
Adult
Animals
Antibodies
Bacterial
Aorta
DNA
Dogs
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve
Molecular Sequence Data
Sequence Analysis
description 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.
author2 Koch, Anders
Svendsen, Claus Bo
Christensen, Jens Jørgen
Bundgaard, Henning
Vindfeld, Lars
Christiansen, Claus Bohn
Kemp, Michael
Villumsen, Steen
title Q Fever in Greenland
title_short Q Fever in Greenland
title_full Q Fever in Greenland
title_fullStr Q Fever in Greenland
title_full_unstemmed Q Fever in Greenland
title_sort q fever in greenland
url http://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18054/
geographic Arctic
Greenland
geographic_facet Arctic
Greenland
genre Ammassalik
Arctic
Greenland
inuit
Isortoq
genre_facet Ammassalik
Arctic
Greenland
inuit
Isortoq
op_source Emerg Infect Dis. 16(3):511-513.
op_relation http://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18054/
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