Live Cell Therapy as Potential Risk Factor for Q Fever
During an outbreak of Q fever in Germany, we identified an infected sheep flock from which animals were routinely used as a source for life cell therapy (LCT), the injection of fetal cells or cell extracts from sheep into humans. Q fever developed in 7 LCT recipients from Canada, Germany, and the Un...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/7/16-1693_article |