Managing a cluster outbreak of psittacosis in Belgium linked to a pet shop visit in The Netherlands
SUMMARY In July 2013, a Belgian couple were admitted to hospital because of pneumonia. Medical history revealed contact with birds. Eleven days earlier, they had purchased a lovebird in a pet shop in The Netherlands. The bird became ill, with respiratory symptoms. The couple's daughter who accompanied them to the pet shop, reported similar symptoms, but was travelling abroad. On the suspicion of psittacosis, pharyngeal swabs from the couple were taken and sent to the Belgian reference laboratory for psittacosis. Culture and nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests were positive for the pre... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Epidemiology and Infection ; volume 144, issue 8, page 1710-1716 ; ISSN 0950-2688 1469-4409 |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27385983 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0950268815003106 |