Estimating the Incubation Period Distribution of Psittacosis: A Retrospective Observational Study [PDF]
Health Science ReportsBackground and Aims Human psittacosis is a zoonotic disease mainly transmitted by contact with birds. However, the recently identified potential human‐to‐human transmission indicated an emerging threat of this disease.
Zhe Wang +8 more
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Psittacosis in Focus: A Review Addressing the Risks and Management Challenges in Outbreak Scenarios [PDF]
Health Science ReportsBackground 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 +3 more
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Psittacosis Outbreak in Europe: A Concern for Public Health [PDF]
The Clinical Respiratory JournalThe Clinical Respiratory Journal, Volume 19, Issue 3, March 2025.
Salomon Izere +2 more
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Epidemiological characteristics of human psittacosis in Guangzhou, China, January 2021 to June 2024 [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundPsittacosis 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 +6 more
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Psittacosis pneumonia with the reversed halo sign: a case report and literature review [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Chlamydia psittaci is a rare pathogen that causes community-acquired pneumonia. The reversed halo sign (RHS) is a computed tomography (CT) finding that is commonly observed in diseases such as cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, invasive fungal ...
Shumeng Zhang +6 more
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Clinical features of endemic community-acquired psittacosis
New Microbes and New Infections, 2014 Following a large outbreak of community-acquired psittacosis in 2002 in residents of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, we reviewed new cases in this area over a 7-year period from 2003 to 2009.
J.M. Branley +4 more
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Psittacosis: An Underappreciated and Often Undiagnosed Disease
Pathogens, 2023 The bacterial agent Chlamydia psittaci, and the resulting disease of psittacosis, is a little-known and underappreciated infectious disease by healthcare practitioners and in public health in general. C.
Zygmunt F Dembek
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Epidemiological features and risk factors of human psittacosis in Hangzhou City, eastern China [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate the epidemiological characteristics and risk factors associated with human psittacosis in Hangzhou city, eastern China.MethodsThe human psittacosis data from 2021 to 2024 were obtained from the China information ...
Zhou Sun +6 more
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American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1930 Within the period of a year approximately 500 cases of psittacosis have been recorded. 1 The clinical picture of the disease has been recognized for at least fifty years, 2 and many of the recent cases have been carefully described. Furthermore, the literature has been excellently reviewed by a number of workers. 3 The reasons for reporting the present
A.P Thomson, W.T Hillier
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An outbreak of psittacosis at a veterinary school demonstrating a novel source of infection
One Health, 2017 In November 2014, New South Wales Health was notified of a cluster of respiratory illness in a veterinary school. Active case finding identified another case at a local equine stud. All cases had exposure to the equine fetal membranes of Mare A.
Jocelyn Chan, James Branley, Kerri Viney
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