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Chlamydiosis in farmed chickens in Slovakia and zoonotic risk for humans.
Annals of agricultural and environmental medicine : AAEM - 20 Jun 2018
Čechová Lenka, Halánová Monika, Babinská Ingrid, Danišová Oľga, Bartkovský Martin, Marcinčák Slavomír, Marcinčáková Dana, Valenčáková Alexandra, Čisláková Lýdia
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Chlamydia psittaci is an obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacterium causing respiratory disease (chlamydiosis) or asymptomatic carriage in poultry. In humans, it is a zoonotic agent of ornithosis/psittacosis. Due to low awareness of the disease and variable clinical presentation, psittacosis is often remains unrecognised as such by general practitioners. Zoonotic transfer occurs through...
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