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A bird’s-eye view of chronic unilateral conjunctivitis : remember about Chlamydia psittaci [PDF]

, 2019
Chlamydia psittaci causes psittacosis in humans, mainly in people in contact with birds in either the setting of occupational or companion bird exposure.
Accou, Geraldine, Rybarczyk, Joanna, Schauwvlieghe, Pieter-Paul, Van Den Abeele, Anne-Marie, Vandendriessche, Stien, Vanrompay, Daisy   +5 more
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'Tipping the Balance': Karl Friedrich Meyer, Latent Infections, and the Birth of Modern Ideas of Disease Ecology [PDF]

, 2015
The Swiss-born medical researcher Karl Friedrich Meyer (1884–1974) is best known as a ‘microbe hunter’ who pioneered investigations into diseases at the intersection of animal and human health in California in the 1920s and 1930s.
A Woods, AD Sabin, C Gradmann, C Gradmann, CE Dolman, CE Simon, CL Moberg, CR Eskey, CS Elton, EN Pavlovsky, EP Odum, FM Burnet, FM Burnet, FM Burnet, FM Burnet, FM Burnet, G Mitman, H Tilley, H Zinsser, J Farley, J Lederberg, JA Mendelsohn, JH Vandermeer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, KF Meyer, L Nash, L Wilkinson, LH Kahn, M Honigsbaum, M Worboys, Major R A Kelser, Mark Honigsbaum, P Crowcroft, P-O Méthot, PW Ewald, RJ Dubos, RJ Dubos, S Alizon, SE Kingsland, SS Elberg, T Smith, T Smith, T Smith, U Gessner, W Anderson, W McD Hammon, W Orent, WB Wherry   +60 more
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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of a family cluster of psittacosis: A case report

IDCases, 2023
Psittacosis accounts for 1–2 % of community-acquired pneumonia. In recent years, reports of psittacosis are increasing. Most reported cases of psittacosis are sporadic.
Jing Cao, Xiaoyan Xie, Yan Lei, Shuangshuang Li, Xuan Song, Yingfeng Lei, Qunxing An, Binghua Zhang   +7 more
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Human infections associated with wild birds. [PDF]

, 2008
IntroductionWild birds and especially migratory species can become long-distance vectors for a wide range of microorganisms. The objective of the current paper is to summarize available literature on pathogens causing human disease that have been ...
Bauchinger, Ulf, Falagas, Matthew E, Kelesidis, Iosif, Kelesidis, Theodoros, Tsiodras, Sotirios   +4 more
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Improving the molecular diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci and Chlamydia abortus infection with a species-specific duplex real-time PCR. [PDF]

, 2015
Chlamydia psittaci and Chlamydia abortus are closely related intracellular bacteria exhibiting different tissue tropism that may cause severe but distinct infection in humans. C.
Borel, N., Branley, J., Erard, V., Greub, G., Jaton, K., Longbottom, D., Opota, O., Vanrompay, D.   +7 more
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A case report of healthcare-associated psittacosis

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2023
Introduction: Psittacosis is a well-recognized zoonotic infectious disorder caused by Chlamydia psittaci (C. psittaci). Human-to-human transmission of C.
Fei Deng, Qibin Lin, Xiaohong Xu, Changsong Li, Jianbo Xu, Hanxiang Nie   +5 more
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Chlamydiosis in British Garden Birds (2005–2011): Retrospective Diagnosis and Chlamydia psittaci Genotype Determination [PDF]

, 2014
The significance of chlamydiosis as a cause of mortality in wild passerines (Order Passeriformes), and the role of these birds as a potential source of zoonotic Chlamydia psittaci infection, is unknown.
Beckmann, KM, Borel, N, Cunningham, AA, Dagleish, MP, John, SK, Lawson, B, Pocknell, AM, Pospischil, A, Sachse, K   +8 more
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Australian human and parrot Chlamydia psittaci strains cluster within the highly virulent 6BC clade of this important zoonotic pathogen [PDF]

, 2016
Chlamydia psittaci is an avian pathogen and zoonotic agent of atypical pneumonia. The most pathogenic C. psittaci strains cluster into the 6BC clade, predicted to have recently emerged globally.
Bachmann, NL, Branley, J, Jelocnik, M, Myers, GSA, Polkinghorne, A   +4 more
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Gestational Psittacosis in a Montana Sheep Rancher

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1997
In humans, psittacosis is primarily a flulike illness following exposure to psittacine birds. In rare cases, pregnant women exposed to Chlamydia psittaci can contract gestational psittacosis: atypical pneumonia, sepsis, and placental insufficiency ...
Daniel M. Jorgensen
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The European Union One Health 2024 Zoonoses Report

EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract This report by the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of zoonoses monitoring and surveillance activities carried out in 2024 in 27 Member States (MSs), the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) and eight non‐MSs, according to the Zoonoses Directive 2003/99/EC.
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
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