Psittacosis outbreak among workers at Chicken slaughter plants, Virginia and Georgia, USA, 2018

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 2143-2145

  Shaw, Kelly A ^a,b   Szablewski, Christine M ^a,c   Kellner, Stephanie ^b   Kornegay, Laura ^b   Bair, Patricia ^b   Brennan, Skyler ^c   Kunkes, Audrey ^c   Davis, Meredith ^b   McGovern, Olivia L ^a   Winchell, Jonas ^a   Kobayashi, Miwako ^a   Burton, Nancy ^d   De Perio, Marie A ^d   Gabel, Julie ^c   Drenzek, Cherie ^c   Murphy, Julia ^b   Holsinger, Caroline ^b   Forlano, Laurie ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; POULTRY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNITED STATES; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; GEORGIA; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSITTACOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85073632997     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2511.190703     Document Type: Article

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