A Probably Minor Role for Land-Applied Goat Manure in the Transmission of Coxiella burnetii to Humans in the 2007–2010 Dutch Q Fever Outbreak

• René van den Brom ,

  * E-mail: r.vd.brom@gdanimalhealth.com

  Affiliation Department of Small Ruminant Health, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands

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• Hendrik-Jan Roest,

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and TSE’s, Central Veterinary Institute, part of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands

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• Arnout de Bruin,

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

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• Daan Dercksen,

  Current address: Zoetis B.V., Capelle a/d IJssel, The Netherlands

  Affiliation Department of Small Ruminant Health, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands

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• Inge Santman-Berends,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands

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• Wim van der Hoek,

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

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• Annemiek Dinkla,

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and TSE’s, Central Veterinary Institute, part of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands

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• Jelmer Vellema,

  Current address: Akzo Nobel, Sassenheim, The Netherlands

  Affiliation Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

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• Piet Vellema

  Affiliation Department of Small Ruminant Health, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands

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