Psittacosis—also known as parrot fever, and ornithosis—is a zoonotic infectious disease in humans caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia psittaci and...
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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...
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chlamydiosis, epizootic outbreaks in other mammals, and respiratory psittacosis in humans. Potential hosts include feral birds and domesticated poultry...
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of pneumonia with relatively mild symptoms. Chlamydia psittaci Causes psittacosis. Coxiella burnetii Causes Q fever. Francisella tularensis Causes tularemia...
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and 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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mentioning include Psittacosis and Avian Ganglioneuritis. Psittacosis is a disease that can affect birds and humans. In humans, psittacosis can manifest itself...
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Karl Friedrich Meyer (section Psittacosis)
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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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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disappointment rather than illness, it may originate from the disease of psittacosis, which can be passed to humans. The first occurrence of a related expression...
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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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consulted the British Newspaper Archive, and suggested that outbreaks of psittacosis (also known as "parrot fever") in 1929-30 and the 1950s may have caused...
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fever (Rickettsia), Lyme disease (B. burgdorferi), Q fever (Coxiella), psittacosis, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and nasal carriage of meningococci.[citation...
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endocervical, or rectal infections in adults caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, psittacosis, non-gonococcal urethritis caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum, relapsing...
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pathogens causing lung disease are Chlamydophila psittaci (which causes psittacosis), Histoplasma capsulatum (which causes histoplasmosis) and Cryptococcus...
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bacteriologist. While investigating the 1929–1930 psittacosis pandemic, he contracted psittacosis and died. An annual lecture, a library dedicated to...
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(bubonic, septicemic, pneumonic and pharyngeal) Ornithosis (Psittacosis) Psittacosis Psittacosis Q fever Q fever Q fever, acute and chronic Relapsing fever...
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disease, and rinderpest against cows, African swine fever for pigs, and psittacosis to kill the chicken. These agents were prepared to spray them down from...
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1927 Montreal, Canada Typhoid fever 538 1929–1930 psittacosis pandemic 1929–1930 Worldwide Psittacosis 100+ Croydon typhoid outbreak of 1937 1937 Croydon...
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elasticum, recessive form Pseudoxanthoma elasticum Pseudo-Zellweger syndrome Psittacosis Psoriasis Psoriatic arthritis Psoriatic rheumatism Psychogenic polydipsia...
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Disease Causative agent (military symbol) Psittacosis Chlamydophila psittaci (SI)...
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microbiology included discovering the causative agents of Q-fever and psittacosis; developing assays for the isolation, culture and detection of influenza...
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close contact Powassan encephalitis Powassan virus ticks tick bites Psittacosis Chlamydophila psittaci macaws, cockatiels, budgerigars, pigeons, sparrows...
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from the 1890s to the 1940s, during the wild-caught parrot era. In the psittacosis "parrot fever" panic of 1930, "One city health commissioner urged everyone...
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for birds). Birds can act as vectors for spreading diseases such as psittacosis, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, mycobacteriosis (avian tuberculosis)...
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17.2281. Meyer KF (August 1957). "The natural history of plague and psittacosis". Public Health Reports. 72 (8): 705–19. doi:10.2307/4589874. JSTOR 4589874...
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source before it kills the patient. House ultimately realizes that it's psittacosis, a rare disease associated with exposure to birds, to which the team...
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referred to by different names in different dynasty periods. Poisoning and psittacosis were also called miasma in ancient China because they did not accurately...
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also discovered the virus which causes bovine peripneumonia and studied psittacosis. He died on 2 August 1903 in Saint-Maurice (Marne) Works by or about...
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"Compendium of measures to control Chlamydia psittaci infection among humans (psittacosis) and pet birds (avian chlamydiosis), 2017" (PDF), J Avian Med Surg, 31...
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