In 1929, a highly publicized outbreak of psittacosis hit the United States. Although not the first report of psittacosis in the ... Psittacosis-also known as parrot fever, and ornithosis-is a zoonotic infectious disease in humans caused by a bacterium called ... Some outbreaks of psittacosis in poultry-processing plants have been reported. In birds, Chlamydia psittaci infection is ... Spleen enlargement is common towards the end of the first week, after which psittacosis may develop into a serious lung ...

The 1929-1930 psittacosis pandemic, also known as the psittacosis outbreak of 1929-1930 and the great parrot fever pandemic, ... The disease in birds was named psittacosis in 1895 by Antonin Morange. Prior to the 1929 outbreak of psittacosis in the United ... 571-579 Psittacosis; Ministry of Health Report. The British Medical Journal. 13 December 1930, pp. 10018-1019 "Psittacosis" ( ... "Psittacosis" (PDF). Weekly Epidemiological Record. 05 (9): 701. 1930 - via World Health Organization. "Psittacosis". Weekly ...

... after the appearance of psittacosis in the worldwide 1929-1930 psittacosis pandemic. It added further duties for port medical ... "Parrots (Psittacosis)". Hansard. 21 December 1944. Retrieved 12 October 2022. v t e v t e (Articles with short description, ...

Chlamydia psittaci Causes psittacosis. Coxiella burnetii Causes Q fever. Francisella tularensis Causes tularemia. Legionella ...

While investigating the 1929-1930 psittacosis pandemic, he contracted psittacosis and died. An annual lecture, a library ... Hasseltine, H. E. (August 1932). "Some Epidemiological Aspects of Psittacosis". American Journal of Public Health and the ...

Moulder, J. W. (1966). "The Relation of the Psittacosis Group (Chlamydiae) to Bacteria and Viruses". Annual Review of ... Moulder, James W. (1964). The Psittacosis Group as Bacteria. Wiley. ISBN 9780471619567; 95 pages{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ...

Effect of taitomycin on experimental psittacosis". The Journal of Antibiotics. 12: 173-6. PMID 13853434. Vijayakumar, R; ...

Gorham, L. W.; Calder, F. G.; Vedder, J. D. (1930). "Psittacosis: a report of five cases". Journal of the American Medical ... nearly 600 to 750 died from psittacosis and other illnesses. It was for sometime edited by his namesake son who predeceased him ...

Meyer KF (August 1957). "The natural history of plague and psittacosis". Public Health Reports. 72 (8): 705-19. doi:10.2307/ ...

Pether, J.V.S.; Noaha, N. D.; Laua, Y. K.; Taylor, J. A.; Bowiea, J. C. (June 1984). "An outbreak of psittacosis in a boys' ... In the 1980s the dovecote was inspected as part of an investigation into an outbreak of psittacosis (also known as parrot ...

... which in 1929 included a study of psittacosis. The causal micro-organisms Chlamydophila psittaci of psittacosis were known, ... Bedson SP; Bland JOW (1932). "A morphological study of psittacosis virus, with the description of a developmental cycle". ... Bedson S (1936). "Observations bearing on the antigenic composition of psittacosis virus". British Journal of Experimental ...

Psittacosis is a disease that can affect birds and humans. In humans, psittacosis can manifest itself to different degrees that ... Some diseases worth mentioning include Psittacosis and Avian Ganglioneuritis. ... or fungal diseases Psittacosis (also known as chlamydiosis or parrot fever) Toxicity Kidney disease Psittacine beak and feather ... new birds should be screened for psittacosis or quarantined before being introduced to other birds. Another common disease ...

House puts forward psittacosis, but Chase objects that Alfredo does not have pet parrots. House barges into Alfredo's room and ... Cuddy calls House, who has already begun treatment for psittacosis. Alfredo and his family decide to sue the hospital for the ...

Moulder JW (1966). "The relation of the psittacosis group (Chlamydiae) to bacteria and viruses". Annual Review of Microbiology ... which causes psittacosis The unique physiological status of the Chlamydiota including their biphasic lifecycle and obligation ...

It is generally transmitted from handling pigeons or their droppings (more commonly the latter). Psittacosis is a serious ... Contact with pigeon droppings poses a minor risk of contracting histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis and psittacosis, and long-term ... the bacteria Chlamydophila psittaci is endemic among pigeons and causes psittacosis in humans. ...

"Purification of Psittacosis Agent with Anion Exchange Cellulose-'Ecteola'", Nature (1963). Retrieved May 30, 2021. Fiset, Paul ... 1959) "Serum Inhibitors of Asian Strains of Influenza Virus", Nature (1959) "Purification of Psittacosis Agent with Anion ...

Nocard also discovered the virus which causes bovine peripneumonia and studied psittacosis. He died on 2 August 1903 in Saint- ...

... psittacosis and Lyme disease); the study of viral transmissibility from animal to man with the case study of herpes B in ... psittacosis, and Lyme disease Chapter 6: Herpes B Chapter 7: Nipah virus Chapter 8: HIV Chapter 9: Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus ...

He is known for his work on Psittacosis and the influenza virus. He was born in Berlin on 12 April 1886. He studied medicine at ... On the Decomposition of Xanthin and Caffeine in the Organism of Man (1912) (dissertation) Recent Observations on Psittacosis ( ...

In humans, it causes respiratory psittacosis and eye infections, particularly chronic conjunctivitis. Clammydophelia psittaci ...

Rosebury T, Meiklejohn G, Kingsland LC, Boldt MH (1947). "Disinfection of Clouds of Meningopneumonitis and Psittacosis Viruses ... meningopneumonitis virus strain Cal 10 and psittacosis virus strain 6BC), Group C streptococcus, type 1 pneumococcus, ...

"Identification by fluorescent antibody of developmental forms of psittacosis virus in tissue culture." Proceedings of the ...

They are often considered environmental pests, and can transmit diseases such as psittacosis. Deliberate feeding of feral ...

In addition there are stories of tetanus, psittacosis, typhoid fever, trichinosis and food poisoning. The book was widely ...

Other contributions included antitrypsin deficiency in lung disease (psittacosis) and various aspects of bronchial carcinoma. ...

He was also involved in two projects that were not viral, the characterisation of the causative agents of psittacosis and Q ... After finding that parrots and cockatoos were infected with psittacosis and were responsible for transmission, he lobbied the ... Burnet's major achievements in microbiology included discovering the causative agents of Q-fever and psittacosis; developing ...

The incidence of psittacosis declined notably owing to the many discoveries in this area by Meyer. Under Meyer's guidance, ... Psittacosis belongs to a group of infectious diseases transmitted from birds to man (so-called ornithoses). - Meyer isolated ... developed a system of quarantine and treatment for imported birds that was highly effective in minimizing psittacosis in ... the agent of psittacosis (i.e. one of the Chlamydia bacterium) and later also defined antigens. In addition, in the early 1930s ...

September 2017). "Compendium of Measures to Control Chlamydia psittaci Infection Among Humans (Psittacosis) and Pet Birds ( ...

Psittacosis in birds and in humans often starts with flu-like symptoms and becomes a life-threatening pneumonia. Many strains ... and respiratory psittacosis in humans. Potential hosts include feral birds and domesticated poultry, as well as cattle, pigs, ...

... and psittacosis. She studied the toxins produced by Shigella dysenteriae. The main focus of Branham's work at the NIH, however ...