Visits on ‘lamb-viewing days’ at a sheep farm open to the public was a risk factor for Q fever in 2009

J. WHELAN; B. SCHIMMER; A. DE BRUIN; M. ROBERT-DU RY VAN BEEST HOLLE; W. VAN DER HOEK; R. TER SCHEGGET

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