Outbreak of psittacosis in a group of women exposed to chlamydia psittaci-infected chickens

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Laroucau, K ^a   Aaziz, R ^a   Meurice, L ^b   Servas, V ^b   Chossat, I ^c   Royer, H ^d   De Barbeyrac, B ^e   Vaillant, V ^b   L Moyen, J ^f   Meziani, F ^g   Sachse, K ^h   Rolland, P ^b  

^a ANSES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Villeneuve sur Lot   (France)

^d Agence Régionale de Santé Aquitaine Délégation territoriale du Lot et Garonne   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^f Laboratoire Départemental d Analyse et de Recherche de la Dordogne   (France)

^g Direction Départementale de la Cohésion Sociale et de la Protection des Populations de Lot et Garonne   (France)

^h FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; RNA 23S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CHICKEN; CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIZZINESS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MANAGEMENT; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; VOMITING; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY DISEASES; PSITTACOSIS; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; PSITTACOSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84932643958     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.24.21155     Document Type: Article

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