Chlamydophila psittaci infections in humans during an outbreak of psittacosis from poultry in Germany

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 184-188

  Gaede, W ^a   Reckling, K F ^a   Dresenkamp, B ^a   Kenklies, S ^a   Schubert, E ^b   Noack, U ^a   Irmscher, H M ^a   Ludwig, C ^c   Hotzel, H ^b   Sachse, K ^b  

^a State Institute for Consumer Protection of Saxony Anhalt   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c Thuringian State Authority for Food Safety and Consumer Protection   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian chlamydiosis; Chlamydophila psittaci; Psittacosis; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNITHOSIS; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; PSITTACOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

AVES; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLINICAL SAMPLES (PARACHLAMYDIACEAE);

EID: 41749118926     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01108.x     Document Type: Article

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