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An outbreak of psittacosis

Name: An outbreak of psittacosis
Keywords: Adult, Male, Adolescent, Pregnancy, Humans, Female, Contact Tracing, Middle Aged, Psittacosis, Aged

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1991Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Journal of Infection, volume 22, pages 71-75 (issn: 0163-4453,

Authors: J. Thomason; J.H. Harrington; W.M. Morrison; R.B. Hutchison; G.W. Herd;

doi: 10.1016/0163-4453(91)91038-y

pmid: 2002234

An outbreak of psittacosis

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Abstract

An outbreak of chlamydia infection affecting seven people from a small town in Grampian is described. The origin of the outbreak seemed to be a local pet shop. The difficulties of diagnosis and tracing the connections with the pet shop are discussed. The clinical histories of the seven patients are described including those of the two who died.

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Adult, Male, Adolescent, Pregnancy, Humans, Female, Contact Tracing, Middle Aged, Psittacosis, Aged, Disease Outbreaks

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