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Psittacosis in Focus: A Review Addressing the Risks and Management Challenges in Outbreak Scenarios [PDF]

Health Science Reports
Background and Aim Psittacosis is a zoonotic disease that mostly affects birds and can infect people. It causes respiratory ailments that can be minor or severe. The disease's importance to public health is shown by the fact that it has been connected to
Himel Ghosh, Sejuti Reza, Md. Abdul Mazid, Syed Masudur Rahman Dewan   +3 more
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Epidemiological characteristics of human psittacosis in Guangzhou, China, January 2021 to June 2024 [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundPsittacosis is a global and underappreciated zoonosis, with increasing reported cases in many countries. There have been several outbreaks and even deaths of psittacosis reported in China.
Yunjing Wen, Wei Zhang, Yongguang Li, Xinlong Liao, Jianxiong Xu, Ruonan Zhen, Pengzhe Qin   +6 more
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Laboratory methods for case finding in human psittacosis outbreaks: a systematic review [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Psittacosis outbreak investigations require rapid identification of cases in order to trace possible sources and perform public health risk assessments.
Annelies A. Nieuwenhuizen, Frederika Dijkstra, Daan W. Notermans, Wim van der Hoek   +3 more
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Clinical, radiological and pathological characteristics of moderate to fulminant psittacosis pneumonia

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background Psittacosis pneumonia is a community-acquired pneumonia caused by Chlamydia psittaci. It is usually under-diagnosed due to its atypical clinical presentation and lack of routine laboratory tests.
Xiaoying Li, Tao Xiao, Pengzhi Hu, Kun Yan, Jiongxing Wu, Xinya Tu, Yishu Tang, Hong Xia   +7 more
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Metagenomic next-generation sequencing in the family outbreak of psittacosis: the first reported family outbreak of psittacosis in China under COVID-19

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2021
Chlamydia psittaci infection in humans, also known as psittacosis, is usually believed to be an uncommon disease which mainly presents as community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). It is usually sporadic, but outbreaks of infection may occasionally occur.
Na Li, Shengjin Li, Wanmei Tan, Hanghang Wang, Huan Xu, Daoxing Wang   +5 more
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A STUDY OF PSITTACOSIS [PDF]

BMJ, 1930
R. Hutchison, R. A. Rowlands, Steve Simpson   +2 more
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Recent Studies on Psittacosis [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1935
K. F. Meyer, B. Eddie, I. M. Stevens
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Psittacosis [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1974
G.A. Cullen
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Application of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in the Diagnosis of Pneumonia Caused by Chlamydia psittaci

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Psittacosis is an uncommon disease which mainly presents as community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). We aim to apply metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) as a promising tool in the diagnosis of psittacosis pneumonia and to describe its clinical ...
Junli Tang, Wanmei Tan, Lingxin Luo, Huan Xu, Na Li   +4 more
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Case Report: A case of Chlamydia psittaci infection in an HIV patient

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
Chlamydia psittaci is the pathogen of psittacosis and infects a wide range of birds and even humans. Human infection occurs most commonly in those with a history of contact with birds or poultry.
Wenwu Yao, Wenwu Yao, Xuhui Yang, Jinchuan Shi, Zhangnv Yang, Ying Yao, Jun Kou, Shelan Liu, Linbo Wang, Zhuoyin Wu, Guoxiang Shi, Hao Yan, Yajun Song   +12 more
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