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  2. 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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Doctors Explain How To Spot Symptoms Of Bird Flu After First ...

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    But these are common bird flu symptoms in humans, according to the CDC: Eye redness (conjunctivitis) Mild flu-like upper respiratory symptoms. Pneumonia requiring hospitalization. Fever or feeling ...

  5. 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).

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

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    What to know about symptoms and risk after three Americans tested positive for the virus this year. ... How do humans catch bird flu? Humans can catch bird flu, but not easily. Avian flu has been ...

  7. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) Human metapneumovirus infection No Ehrlichia chaffeensis: Human monocytic ehrlichiosis: PCR: Doxycycline: No One of the human papillomaviruses: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection Yes: Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIV) Human parainfluenza virus infection Under research [19] [20] Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1)

  8. Pacheco's disease - Wikipedia

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    The virus Psittacid alphaherpesvirus 1 is the etiologic agent that causes Pacheco's disease. This virus species is closely related to Gallid alphaherpesvirus 1. [2] It was initially identified as a herpesvirus by examining its virion size, sensitivity to ether, the formation of intranuclear inclusions, its ability to thicken the nuclear membranes of the host cells.

  9. Catalina macaw - Wikipedia

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    Some diseases worth mentioning include Psittacosis and Avian Ganglioneuritis. Psittacosis is a disease that can affect birds and humans. In humans, psittacosis can manifest itself to different degrees that range from asymptomatic state, mild flu-like symptoms to severe symptoms (myocarditis, hepatitis, respiratory distress syndrome, organ failure).