Characteristics of Hospitalized Acute Q Fever Patients during a Large Epidemic, The Netherlands

• Cornelia C. H. Wielders ,

  * E-mail: l.wielders@jbz.nl

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands

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• Annemarie M. H. Wuister,

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Bernhoven Hospital, Uden, the Netherlands

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• Veerle L. de Visser,

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands

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• Monique G. de Jager-Leclercq,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Bernhoven Hospital, Uden, the Netherlands

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• Cornelis A. R. Groot,

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Bernhoven Hospital, Uden, the Netherlands

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• Frederika Dijkstra,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands

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• Arianne B. van Gageldonk-Lafeber,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands

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• Jeroen P. G. van Leuken,

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Peter C. Wever,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands

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• Wim van der Hoek,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands

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• Peter M. Schneeberger

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands

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