Possible human-avian transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a green-winged macaw (Ara chloroptera)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 641-645

  Steinmetz, Hanspeter W ^a   Rutz, Corinne ^a   Hoop, Richard K ^a   Grest, Paula ^a   Bley, Carla Rohrer ^a   Hatt, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Leukocytosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Osteomyelitis; Psittacine; Soft tissue swelling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARROT; PATHOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARROTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARA CHLOROPTERUS; AVES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 33846393948     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7609-041906R.1     Document Type: Article

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