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Psittacosis

Known as: PNEUMONIA, BEDSONIA, Psittacoses, Ornithosis, unspecified 
Infection with CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI (formerly Chlamydia psittaci), transmitted to humans by inhalation of dust-borne contaminated nasal secretions… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Chlamydia InfectionsUnspecified infectious and parasitic diseases
Chlamydia psittaci infectionChlamydial pneumoniaChlamydophila psittaciIn Blood

Narrower (1)

Ornithosis with other specified complications

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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Detection of chlamydiosis in a shipment of pet birds, leading to recognition of an outbreak of clinically mild psittacosis in humans.
Avian chlamydiosis was detected in a shipment of > 700 pet birds from a Florida bird distributor that were sold to nine Atlanta… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Compendium of measures to control Chlamydia psittaci infection among humans (psittacosis) and pet birds (avian chlamydiosis), 1998. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Psittacosis -- also known as parrot disease, parrot fever, and ornithosiscan cause severe pneumonia and other serious health… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
A clinical and epidemiological study of "ornithosis" caused by Chlamydia psittaci and Chlamydia pneumoniae (strain TWAR).
Ornithosis is a notifiable disease in Sweden since 1954. In 1981 and 1982 a sharp increase in the number of notifications… 
1981
1981
A COMMON-SOURCE OUTBREAK OF ORNITHOSIS IN VETERINARY SURGEONS
1977
1977
Ornithosis as a nosocomial infection.
An outbreak of ornithosis in the department of infectious diseases of a general hospital is described. The outbreak comprised 12… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Role of Interferon in Experimental Mouse Malaria
INTERFERENCE with experimental plasmodial infections by associated infectious agents has been previously described (West Nile… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Comparison of the Ultrastructure of Several Rickettsiae, Ornithosis Virus, and Mycoplasma in Tissue Culture
Anderson, Douglas R. (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md.), Hope E. Hopps, Michael F. Barile, and Barbara C. Bernheim… 
1960
1960
The reactivation of poxviruses. II. The range of reactivating viruses.
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
The combining power of hemoglobin for alkyl isocyanides, and the nature of the heme-heme interactions in hemoglobin.
Technical Papers The Elucidation of Biocytin: Lemuel D. Wright et al. 635 The Function of the Cups of Polyporus conchifer: Harold… 
Highly Cited
1941
Highly Cited
1941
A VIRUS FROM CASES OF ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA RELATION TO THE VIRUSES OF MENINGOPNEUMONITIS AND PSITTACOSIS
From the lungs of two fatal cases and from the sputum of two non-fatal cases of atypical bronchopneumonia, a psittacosis-like… 
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