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. 1953;9(4):553–558.

Epidemiological investigations on Q fever in Turkey

Sabahattin Payzin
PMCID: PMC2542040  PMID: 20603969

Abstract

Q fever is endemic in Turkey in both human beings and animals. Cows, sheep, goats, and dogs may play a role as reservoirs of Coxiella burnetii. Ornithodorus lahorensis ticks also harbour the agent. The disease is disseminated throughout Turkey; epidemics among human beings are relatively rare.

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