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psittacosis
psittacosis (sɪtəˈkəʊsɪs, formerly also ps-) [mod. L., f. L. psittacus (see psittacine a.) + -osis.] A contagious disease of birds transmissible (esp. from parrots) to human beings as a form of pneumonia. Cf. ornithosis.1897 Westm. Gaz. 3 May 10/1 The British Medical Journal sounds a note of warning... Oxford English Dictionary
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Psittacosis
Epidemiology Psittacosis was first reported in Europe in 1879. In 1929, a highly publicized outbreak of psittacosis hit the United States. Some outbreaks of psittacosis in poultry-processing plants have been reported. wikipedia.org
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psittacosis
psittacosis/ˌsɪtəˈkəusɪs; ˌsɪtə`kosɪs/ n[U]serious viral disease causing fever and pneumonia in humans, who can catch it from parrots and other birds 鹦鹉热(由鹦鹉等传染给人的疾病). 牛津英汉双解词典
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1929–1930 psittacosis pandemic
The 1929–1930 psittacosis pandemic, also known as the psittacosis outbreak of 1929–1930 and the great parrot fever pandemic, was a series of simultaneous The disease in birds was named psittacosis in 1895 by Antonin Morange. wikipedia.org
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Chlamydia psittaci
Psittacosis in birds and in humans often starts with flu-like symptoms and becomes a life-threatening pneumonia. In the winter of 1929–1930, a psittacosis pandemic spread across the United States and Europe. wikipedia.org
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Kissing your parrot is not a good idea, vets warn - ABC News
Psittacosis, or parrot fever, is a bacterial disease that can exist in wild and captive birds. Humans can contract the potentially dangerous disease from direct contact with infected animals ...
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chlamydia
chlamydia (kləˈmɪdɪə) Also Chlamydia. Pl. -iæ, -ias. [mod.L., f. Gr. χλαµύς, χλαµύδ- mantle + -ia1.] 1. Biol. and Med. A virus-like bacterium of the genus Chlamydia, which comprises Gram-negative coccoids that reproduce as intracellular parasites in vertebrates and occasionally arthropods, causing n... Oxford English Dictionary
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-sis
-sis, suffix repr. Gr. -σις in nouns of action, as in analysis, arsis, merisis, peristalsis, etc. Also in some nouns denoting a specified diseased state, as filariasis, phthisis, psittacosis, sepsis. Oxford English Dictionary
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Catalina macaw
Some diseases worth mentioning include Psittacosis and Avian Ganglioneuritis. Psittacosis is a disease that can affect birds and humans. Therefore, new birds should be screened for psittacosis or quarantined before being introduced to other birds. wikipedia.org
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ornithosis
ornithosis (ɔːnɪˈθəʊsɪs) [f. ornitho- + -osis.] A disease affecting birds, certain small mammals, and man, caused by a micro-organism belonging to the genus Chlamydia, and producing severe, sometimes fatal, pneumonitis in man and respiratory or generalized infection in birds and other animals. Cf. p... Oxford English Dictionary
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Walter Levinthal
He is known for his work on Psittacosis and the influenza virus. Life He was born in Berlin on 12 April 1886. Publications On the Decomposition of Xanthin and Caffeine in the Organism of Man (1912) (dissertation) Recent Observations on Psittacosis (1935) References wikipedia.org
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Samuel Bedson
the study of foot-and-mouth disease and in 1926 was awarded a Freedom Fellowship to study viruses at London Hospital, which in 1929 included a study of psittacosis The causal micro-organisms Chlamydophila psittaci of psittacosis were known, from the 1930s to the 1960s, as Bedsonia as a result of his research. wikipedia.org
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William Royal Stokes
While investigating the 1929–1930 psittacosis pandemic, he contracted psittacosis and died. wikipedia.org
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Parrots (Prohibition of Import) Regulations, 1930
importation of parrots into the UK following consideration by the permanent Committee of the Office international d'hygiène publique, after the appearance of psittacosis in the worldwide 1929–1930 psittacosis pandemic. wikipedia.org
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Joseph Edward Smadel
ultra-centrifugation and chemical fractionation, Smadel made significant contributions to the understanding of myxomatosis, viral encephalitis, variola, vaccinia, and psittacosis wikipedia.org
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