Psittacosis is a zoonosis — an infection transmitted from vertebrate animals to humans. Psittacosis is a disease of birds. You get psittacosis from close contact with infected birds, most often pet ...

According to CDC, the latest data suggest the outbreak is only affecting people who work at the identified poultry slaughter plants, but public health officials are investigating whether other people ...

SINCE the relaxation of regulations governing the transportation and sale of psittacine birds in December, 1951, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of human infections with psittacosis ...

In 1955 a survey for psittacosis was conducted in commercial parakeet populations fed unmedicated feed (2,778 birds), of 2,677 purchasers of parakeets and their households, and of 49 persons exposed ...

Cases of 'parrot fever' are up in some countries – but scientists say there's no reason to panic. Cases of a disease called psittacosis are on the rise in Europe, where five people have recently died ...

According to Dr Monalisa Sahu, Consultant Infectious Diseases, Yashoda Hospitals Hyderabad, parrot fever, also known as psittacosis or Chlamydia psittaci infection, parrot fever is a bacterial ...

Increasing cases of psittacosis, a bacterial respiratory infection, have been reported in multiple countries across Europe. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in February 2024, Austria, ...

It's a flu-like illness caused by contact with infected birds that can leave people suffering from severe pneumonia or brain and heart inflammation A YOUNG man was diagnosed with psittacosis – also ...

I am writing about the article concerning Petsmart and the psittacosis scare. What this article does not mention is that the birds were bought from a FLORIDA breeder! I hope this is a wake up call to ...