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Pandemic Prevention Paradigms: Understanding Global Health Governance

Public Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2025.
One Health is an emerging area of integrative studies and interventions aimed at preventing zoonotic diseases by addressing human, animal, and environmental interactions. A fundamental aspect of the concept is understanding how these interactions influence health outcomes among humans, animals, and ecosystems. Developed initially to respond to the need
Soheil Sadr, Cinzia Santucciu, Valentina Chisu, Narges Lotfalizadeh, Shakiba Nazemian, Negin Esfandiari, Ashkan Hajjafari, Helia Sepahvand, Abbas Rahdar, Sadanand Pandey, Hassan Borji   +10 more
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Probable Psittacosis Outbreak Linked to Wild Birds

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
In autumn 2002, an outbreak of probable psittacosis occurred among residents of the Blue Mountains district, Australia. We conducted a case-control study to determine independent risk factors for psittacosis by comparing exposures between hospitalized ...
Barbara L. Telfer, Sarah A. Moberley, Krishna P. Hort, James M. Branley, Dominic E. Dwyer, David J. Muscatello, Patricia K. Correll, John England, Jeremy M. McAnulty   +8 more
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Animal sources for zoonotic transmission of psittacosis: a systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Human psittacosis, caused by Chlamydia (C.) psittaci, is likely underdiagnosed and underreported, since tests for C. psittaci are often not included in routine microbiological diagnostics. Source tracing traditionally focuses on psittacine pet
Lenny Hogerwerf, Inge Roof, Marianne J. K. de Jong, Frederika Dijkstra, Wim van der Hoek   +4 more
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An unusual presentation of a case of human psittacosis

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Background: Chlamydia psittaci is a gram-negative, obligate intracellular organism. Birds are the main reservoir, but also non-avian domestic animals and humans can be infected.
Yannick Vande Weygaerde, Charlot Versteele, Elke Thijs, Anton De Spiegeleer, Jerina Boelens, Daisy Vanrompay, Eva Van Braeckel, Karim Vermaelen   +7 more
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Prolonged Fever in Children: An Inpatient Diagnostic Framework for Infections in Australia

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 61, Issue 4, Page 532-539, April 2025.
ABSTRACT There are many causes of fever in children, ranging from common and self‐limiting to serious and life threatening. Careful assessment of children with prolonged fever without an obvious or identified source requires detailed history and examination with consideration of infections unique to the specific geographical region and individual ...
Heshani Rupasinghe, Clare Nourse, Jennifer Robson, Angela Berkhout   +3 more
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Laboratory methods for case finding in human psittacosis outbreaks: a systematic review

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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Tropical cities as windows into the ecosystems of our present and future

Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 1, January 2025.
We propose an agenda for moving the field of tropical urban ecology forward through an interdisciplinary lens that synthesizes recent advances in both urban ecology and tropical biology. Specifically, advances and development in community science, Earth observation, environmental justice, One Health, and land sparing/sharing strategies could lead to ...
Timothy C. Bonebrake, Toby P. N. Tsang, Nicole Yu, Yifu Wang, Martha J. Ledger, Hannah B. Tilley, Eugene Y. H. Yau, Astrid A. Andersson, Michael J. W. Boyle, Kit W. K. Lee, Qiaosi Li, Yuet Fung Ling, Michel A. K. Dongmo, Coşkun Güçlü, Caroline Dingle, Louise A. Ashton   +15 more
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A Case Report of Chlamydia psittaci Infective Endocarditis Complicated With Pneumonia

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Psittacosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Chlamydia psittaci and is commonly found in birds and poultry. Human infection is uncommon, and most cases are sporadic. Infection of extrapulmonary organs by Chlamydia psittaci is extremely rare. A rare case of infective endocarditis complicated by pneumonia caused by Chlamydia psittaci was reported, which ...
Dongmei Zhao, Li Zhang, Qiulin Sun, Jun Cheng, Piyush Baindara   +4 more
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Zoonotic atypical pneumonia due to Chlamydophila psittaci: First reported psittacosis case in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2013
Human psittacosis caused by Chlamydophila psittaci is one of the most common zoonotic atypical pneumonias featuring pulmonary as well as extrapulmonary infections. Most of the cases involve avian contact history especially with psittacine birds.
Yu-Jen Cheng, Kun-Yen Lin, Chun-Chen Chen, Yen-Lin Huang, Chun-Eng Liu, Shu-Ying Li   +5 more
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Acrocyanosis: The Least Known Acrosyndrome Revisited With a Dermatologic Perspective

Dermatology Research and Practice, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background: Acrocyanosis is a functional peripheral vascular disorder, currently categorized under the canopy of acrosyndromes, i.e., a group of clinically similar and significantly overlapping vascular disorders involving the acral skin. The disorder might be primary or secondary, depending on the cause.
Deniz Demircioğlu, Emel Öztürk Durmaz, Enzo Errichetti   +2 more
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