A Q fever outbreak associated to courier transport of pets

Eva Alonso; Domingo Eizaguirre; Idoia Lopez-Etxaniz; José Ignacio Olaizola; Blanca Ocabo; Jesús Felix Barandika; Isabel Jado; Raquel Álvarez-Alonso; Ana Hurtado; Ana Luisa García-Pérez

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225605

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A Q fever outbreak associated to courier transport of pets

Eva Alonso,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Subdirección de Salud Pública de Bizkaia, Gobierno Vasco, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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Domingo Eizaguirre,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, OSALAN-Instituto Vasco de Seguridad y Salud Laborales, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
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José Ignacio Olaizola,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Animal Health Department, NEIKER- Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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Isabel Jado,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation National Microbiology Center, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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Raquel Álvarez-Alonso,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Animal Health Department, NEIKER- Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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Ana Hurtado,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Animal Health Department, NEIKER- Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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Ana Luisa García-Pérez

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: agarcia@neiker.eus

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

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7404-1380

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A Q fever outbreak associated to courier transport of pets

Eva Alonso,
Domingo Eizaguirre,
Idoia Lopez-Etxaniz,
José Ignacio Olaizola,
Blanca Ocabo,
Jesús Felix Barandika,
Isabel Jado,
Raquel Álvarez-Alonso,
Ana Hurtado,
Ana Luisa García-Pérez

Published: November 25, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225605

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