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Q Fever and Experimental Sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Carl G. Grant ,
Michael S. Ascher ,
Kenneth W. Bernard ,
Roger Ruppanner ,
Hillar Vellend  and
International Council for Laboratory Animal Science
Carl G. Grant
Affiliation:
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
Michael S. Ascher
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine
Kenneth W. Bernard
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control
Roger Ruppanner
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
Hillar Vellend
Affiliation:
Toronto General Hospital
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In August 1983 a Symposium was held in Vancouver to discuss Q fever as a hazard to humans in contact with infected sheep. On the basis of new preliminary information presented and discussion at the Symposium, an attempt has been made in this document to supplement published guidelines for the conduct of sheep research.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , March 1985 , pp. 122 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1985

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