PSITTACOSIS Definition & Meaning

psittacosis

[ sit-uh-koh-sis ]

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noun

Pathology.

a rickettsial disease affecting birds of the parrot family, pigeons, and domestic fowl, caused by the chlamydia Chlamydia psittaci and transmissible to humans.

psittacosis

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noun

a disease of parrots, caused by the obligate intracellular parasite Chlamydia psittaci, that can be transmitted to man, in whom it produces inflammation of the lungs and pneumonia Also calledparrot feverornithosis

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Origin of psittacosis¹

1895–1900; < Latin psittac ( us ) parrot (< Greek ��ٳٲ��ó�� ) + -osis

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Origin of psittacosis¹

C19: from New Latin, from Latin psittacus a parrot, from Greek psittakos; see -osis

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Numerous sensational accounts of human deaths due to psittacosis infections from birds were published in 1929.

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Breathing dust or water droplets containing contaminated bird droppings can lead to several diseases, including a flu-like illness called psittacosis.

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Parrots can carry the causative agent of psittacosis—which causes severe pneumonia in humans.

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They include cat scratch fever from our cats, leptospirosis from our dogs, psittacosis from our chickens and parrots, and brucellosis from our cattle.

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The zoo said the bacteria that led to the closure is called chlamydophila, often called psittacosis.

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