Q Fever Outbreak among Workers at a Waste-Sorting Plant

Eva Alonso; Idoia Lopez-Etxaniz; Ana Hurtado; Paloma Liendo; Felix Urbaneja; Inmaculada Aspiritxaga; Jose Ignacio Olaizola; Alvaro Piñero; Iñaki Arrazola; Jesús F. Barandika; Silvia Hernáez; Nerea Muniozguren; Ana L. García- Pérez

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138817

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Q Fever Outbreak among Workers at a Waste-Sorting Plant

Eva Alonso,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Subdirección de Salud Pública de Bizkaia, Gobierno Vasco, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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Idoia Lopez-Etxaniz,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, OSALAN- Instituto Vasco de Seguridad y Salud Laborales, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
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Ana Hurtado,

Affiliation Department of Animal Health, NEIKER- Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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Paloma Liendo,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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Felix Urbaneja,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, OSALAN- Instituto Vasco de Seguridad y Salud Laborales, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
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Inmaculada Aspiritxaga,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Subdirección de Salud Pública de Bizkaia, Gobierno Vasco, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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Jose Ignacio Olaizola,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, OSALAN- Instituto Vasco de Seguridad y Salud Laborales, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
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Alvaro Piñero,

Affiliation Department of Animal Health, NEIKER- Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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Iñaki Arrazola,

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Diputación Foral de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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Jesús F. Barandika,

Affiliation Department of Animal Health, NEIKER- Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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Silvia Hernáez,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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Nerea Muniozguren,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Subdirección de Salud Pública de Bizkaia, Gobierno Vasco, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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Ana L. García- Pérez

* E-mail: agarcia@neiker.net

Affiliation Department of Animal Health, NEIKER- Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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Q Fever Outbreak among Workers at a Waste-Sorting Plant

Eva Alonso,
Idoia Lopez-Etxaniz,
Ana Hurtado,
Paloma Liendo,
Felix Urbaneja,
Inmaculada Aspiritxaga,
Jose Ignacio Olaizola,
Alvaro Piñero,
Iñaki Arrazola,
Jesús F. Barandika

Published: September 23, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138817

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