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Prevalence and genotypes of <i>Chlamydia psittaci</i> in pet birds of Hong Kong
2024-02-21
Abstract excerpt
Psittacosis, or parrot fever, is a zoonotic disease caused by Chlamydia species associated with birds. One of the causative agents of the disease is Chlamydia psittaci , which is often carried by psittacine and can be highly pathogenic and virulent to humans. In Hong Kong, a city with high population density, psittacosis is a notifiable disease with over 60% of cases in the last decade resulting in hospitalizati...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ceb95351-5744-5a29-92b9-a9cdc7ec8a6c
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.02.19.581005
