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Psittacosis—also
known as
parrot fever, and ornithosis—is a
zoonotic infectious disease in
humans caused by a
bacterium called Chlamydia psittaci and...
- The 1929–1930
psittacosis pandemic, also
known as the
psittacosis outbreak of 1929–1930 and the
great parrot fever pandemic, was a
series of simultaneous...
- chlamydiosis,
epizootic outbreaks in
other mammals, and
respiratory psittacosis in humans.
Potential hosts include feral birds and
domesticated poultry...
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pneumonia with
relatively mild symptoms.
Chlamydia psittaci Causes psittacosis.
Coxiella burnetii Causes Q fever.
Francisella tularensis Causes tularemia...
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Psittacosis belongs to a
group of
infectious diseases transmitted from
birds to man (so-called ornithoses). –
Meyer isolated the
agent of
psittacosis...
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causes psittacosis in humans. It is
generally transmitted from
handling pigeons or
their droppings (more
commonly the latter).
Psittacosis is a serious...
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Oxytetracycline is used to
treat infections caused by Chlamydia, such as
psittacosis, trachoma, and urethritis, and
infections caused by
Mycoplasma organisms...
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rickettsial infections,
enlargement of the spleen,
folate deficiencies,
psittacosis, sepsis, Sjögren
syndrome and Lyme disease. It has also been
shown to...
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psittaci (original citation:
meningopneumonitis virus strain Cal 10 and
psittacosis virus strain 6BC),
Group C streptococcus, type 1 pneumococcus, Staphylococcus...
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microbiology included discovering the
causative agents of Q-fever and
psittacosis;
developing ****ays for the isolation,
culture and
detection of influenza...
