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Estimating the Incubation Period Distribution of Psittacosis: A Retrospective Observational Study. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background 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. This study aimed to estimate the incubation period of confirmed psittacosis cases.
Wang Z, Jiang X, Duan Q, Zhang T, Yu J, Cowling BJ, Yang W, Xin H, Li Z.   +8 more
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Psittacosis in Focus: A Review Addressing the Risks and Management Challenges in Outbreak Scenarios. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT 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 isolated outbreaks in several parts of the world.
Ghosh H, Reza S, Mazid MA, Dewan SMR.
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Psittacosis Outbreak in Europe: A Concern for Public Health

The Clinical Respiratory Journal
The Clinical Respiratory Journal, Volume 19, Issue 3, March 2025.
Salomon Izere, Hope Intwari Munyaneza, Faisal Ahmed   +2 more
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Epidemiological characteristics of human psittacosis in Guangdong Province, China, 2019-2024. [PDF]

Front Public Health
BackgroundPsittacosis is a non-statutory infectious disease and receives relatively low attention in China. Since 2019, the incidence of psittacosis in Guangdong Province has been continuously increasing.
Zhuang Y, Wang Y, Zhang S, Li C, Hu T, Zhang C, Huang Z, Zeng Q, Liu Z, Weng C, Luo L, Zou M, Zeng J, Guo W, Li W, Kang M, Deng A.   +16 more
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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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Psittacosis caused severe community-acquired pneumonia accompanied by acute hypoxic respiratory failure: a multicenter retrospective cohort study from China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Introduction Psittacosis can cause severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The clinical manifestations of psittacosis range from subclinical to fulminant psittacosis with multi-organ failure. It is essential to summarize the clinical characteristic of
Xiao Tang, Na Wang, Gang Liu, Hai Tan, Ai-Min Li, Yan-Qiu Gao, Meng-Ying Yao, Na Wang, Hui-Dan Jing, Qing-Guo Di, Liang Chen, Rui Wang, Xu-Yan Li, Ying Li, Xue Yuan, Yu Zhao, Qi Li, Zhao-Hui Tong, Bing Sun   +18 more
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Severe psittacosis progressing to suspected organizing pneumonia and the role of corticosteroids

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021
Background: Psittacosis is a systemic disease usually with respiratory involvement, caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia psittaci. Exposure to birds, the main zoonotic reservoir, is a major risk factor for infection.
Rachael Zuzek, Malcolm Green, Stephen May   +2 more
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A pediatric case of Chlamydia psittaci caused severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in Italy

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2023
Background This case of psittacosis in children, is the first described in literature, in Italy. This respiratory infection can be transmitted to humans from the inhalation of respiratory secretions, feces and plumage aerosol of infected birds (and other
Serena Marchese, Giacomo Marchese, Giuseppe Paviglianiti, Maria Lapi, Gaetano Ottoveggio, Giuseppe Pipitone, Giovanni Corsello   +6 more
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Clinical characteristics and risk factors associated with severe community-acquired pneumonia infected by <i>Chlamydia psittaci</i>. [PDF]

Microbiol Spectr
The study aimed to describe the clinical features of psittacosis pneumonia and identify risk factors associated with severe psittacosis pneumonia. We retrospectively collected data from patients with psittacosis pneumonia, confirmed by metagenomic next ...
Xu T, Yuan Q, Wang J, Wu Z, Chen Z, Wang Z, Sun W, Zhang M, Ji N, Huang M.   +9 more
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