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Managing a cluster outbreak of psittacosis in Belgium linked to a pet shop visit in The Netherlands.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jun 2016
DE Boeck C, Dehollogne C, Dumont A, Spierenburg M, Heijne M, Gyssens I, VAN DER Hilst J, Vanrompay D
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In July 2013, a Belgian couple were admitted to hospital because of pneumonia. Medical history revealed contact with birds. Eleven days earlier, they had purchased a lovebird in a pet shop in The Netherlands. The bird became ill, with respiratory symptoms. The couple's daughter who accompanied them to the pet shop, reported similar symptoms, but was travelling abroad. On the suspicion of psittacosis, pharyngeal...
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