Chlamydia psittaci in ducks: A hidden health risk for poultry workers

Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Vorimore, Fabien ^a   Thébault, Anne ^b   Poisson, Sonia ^b   Cléva, Didier ^c   Robineau, Joseph ^d   de Barbeyrac, Bertille ^e   Durand, Benoit ^b   Laroucau, Karine ^a  

^a ANSES   (France)

^b FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^c Veterinary Practice   (France)

^d SAS Breheret   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Avian chlamydiosis; Duck; Human psittacosis; Monitoring studies

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA 23S; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORNITHOSIS; PEKIN DUCK; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; THROAT CULTURE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DUCK; FRANCE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POULTRY DISEASES; PSITTACOSIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CARRIER STATE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DUCKS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY DISEASES; PSITTACOSIS;

EID: 84932649169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2049632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftu016     Document Type: Article

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