1) Animal disease 2) Bacterial disease 3) Biological weapon 4) Infectious disease of birds 5) Parrot disease 6) Respiratory disease
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1) Ornithosis
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- infectious disease of birds
- an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
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In medicine (pulmonology), psittacosis — also known as parrot fever, and ornithosis — is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Chlamydophila psittaci (formerly Chlamydia psittaci) and contracted from parrots, such as macaws, cockatiels and budgerigars, and pigeons, sparrows, ducks, hens, gulls and many other species of bir...
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infectious disease of worldwide distribution caused by a bacterial parasite (Chlamydia psittaci) and transmitted to humans from various birds. The ... [6 related articles]
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A reportable disease of the zoonose type brought on by exposure to infected droppings, dust or feathers and infected tissues in birds. Exposure can cause respiratory infection.
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<chest medicine, disease> Psittacosis is primarily an infectious disease of birds caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci. Transmission from infected birds results in a relatively rare febrile illness characterised by pneumonia and systemic symptoms. A flu-like illness can also occur. Almost any bird can harbor this bacterium in their excr...
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(sit″ә-ko´sis) a disease with respiratory and systemic symptoms caused by infection with Chlamydia psittaci. It was seen first in parrots and later in other wild and domestic birds (in which it is called ornithosis); it is transmissible to humans having contact with infected birds, their droppings, or contaminated...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: sit′ă-kō′sis Definitions: 1. An infectious disease in psittacine birds and humans caused by the bacterium Chlamydophila psittaci (formerly Chlamydia psittaci). Avian infections are mainly inapparent or latent, although acute disease does occur; human infections may result in mild disease with a flulik...
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also known as parrot disease, parrot fever, and ornithosis, an infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Chlamydophila psittaci that can be contracted from parrots, macaws, cockatiels and parakeets, pigeons, sparrows, ducks, chickens, etc. After an incubation period of 5-14 days, symptoms can mimic severe atypical pneumonia with flu-like symp...
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n] - infectious disease of birds 2. [n] - an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
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psittacosis 1. An infectious disease of parrots. 2. An acute or chronic respiratory and systemic disease of wild and domestic birds, caused by infection with Chlamydia psittaci. It was originally seen in psittacine birds and is transmissible to humans and other animals; also known as, chlamydiosis. 3. Human infection by C. psittaci, generally ac...
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zoonotic Chlamydophila infection from birds that causes a rare form of pneumonia
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a chlamydial infection resembling influenza that is spread to humans by the droppings of infected birds
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ornithosis noun an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
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parrot disease noun infectious disease of birds
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a rickettsial disease affecting birds of the parrot family, pigeons, and domestic fowl, caused by the chlamydia Chlamydia psittaci and transmissible to humans. Also called
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