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  2. Bird fancier's lung - Wikipedia

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    Bird fancier's lung (BFL), also known as bird breeder's lung, is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. It can cause shortness of breath , fever , dry cough , chest pain , anorexia and weight loss , fatigue , and progressive pulmonary fibrosis (the most serious complication).

  3. Psittacosis - Wikipedia

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    Psittacosis—also known as parrot fever, and ornithosis—is a zoonotic infectious disease in humans caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia psittaci and contracted from infected parrots, such as macaws, cockatiels, and budgerigars, and from pigeons, sparrows, ducks, hens, gulls and many other species of birds.

  4. Histoplasmosis - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Symptoms of this infection vary greatly, but the disease affects primarily the lungs. [4] Occasionally, other organs are affected; called disseminated histoplasmosis, it can be fatal if left untreated. H. capsulatum is found in soil, often associated with decaying bat guano or bird droppings. Disruption of soil from excavation or ...

  5. Infectious Disease Doctors Concerned About the First U.S ...

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    There are also several types of H5N1 bird flu, and they can cause different levels of disease, says Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins ...

  6. Humans can catch bird flu, but not easily. What experts say ...

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    Avian flu has been around and infecting wild birds and poultry since 1996. There have been nearly 1,000 known cases of bird flu in humans (889 between 2003 and May 3, 2024, according to the World ...

  7. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis - Wikipedia

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    Of these types, Farmer's Lung and Bird-Breeder's Lung are the most common. "Studies document 8-540 cases per 100,000 persons per year for farmers and 6000-21,000 cases per 100,000 persons per year for pigeon breeders. High attack rates are documented in sporadic outbreaks. Prevalence varies by region, climate, and farming practices.

  8. How deadly is bird flu in humans? What we know as US ... - AOL

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    Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu among poultry and dairy cows, the United States has recorded its first human death due the virus known as avian influenza A or H5N1. The Louisiana patient died ...

  9. Chlamydia psittaci - Wikipedia

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    Psittacosis in birds and in humans often starts with flu-like symptoms and becomes a life-threatening pneumonia. Many strains remain quiescent in birds until activated by stress. Birds are excellent, highly mobile vectors for the distribution of chlamydia infection, because they feed on, and have access to, the detritus of infected animals of ...