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Chlamydiosis

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chlamydiosis /chla·myd·i·o·sis/ (klah-mid″e-o´sis) any infection or disease caused by Chlamydia.
chla·myd·i·o·sis (kl-md-ss)
n.
Any of the diseases that are caused by Chlamydia psittaci and C. trachomatis.
Chlamydiosis, psittacosis, or ornithosis
Other names for parrot fever in humans.
Mentioned in: Parrot Fever
chlamydiosis
any disease or infection caused by members of the family Chlamydiaceae; takes many forms including: psittacosis and ornithosis in birds, placentopathy manifested by abortion in enzootic abortion of ewes, sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis, pneumonitis in all species except pig, conjunctivitis in sheep, cats and laboratory rodents, polyarthritis in sheep, cattle, horse, enteritis in cattle and lagomorphs, and septicemia in epizootic chlamydiosis in lagomorphs.


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Moroney JF, Guevara R, Iverson C, Chen FM, Skelton SK, Messmer TO, Detection of chlamydiosis in a shipment of pet birds, leading to recognition of an outbreak of clinically mild psittacosis in humans.
Chlamydophila psittaci in fulmars, the Faroe Islands by Olsen, Bjorn / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Some of the most common diseases that are spread as a result of bird droppings are Tuberculosis, Encephalitis, Meningitis, Chlamydiosis, Salmonellosis, Fowl Typhoid, Fowl Cholera, Newcastle Disease, Pullorum Disease, Spirochetosis, Streptococosis, and Q Fever.
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