NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials are reporting four cases of psittacosis, or “parrot fever” in the town of Rafaela in Santa Fe province. All of the patients are hospitalized for bilateral pneumonia...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A series of raids have been carried out to control an outbreak of cases of psittacosis, a disease also known as “parrot fever”, which is transmitted through birds in...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health confirmed a case of psittacosis in a woman from Salto. The patient remains hospitalized in the intensive treatment center (CTI) of the Regional...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Epidemiology Directorate of La Pampa issued a health alert due to three cases of suspected psittacosis in General Pico, town located 135 kilometers north of Santa Rosa. The individuals...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Zhejiang Province, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting an outbreak of psittacosis, aka parrot fever, in Lishui City, according to Chinese media. Since...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a report in August, health officials in Osorno confirmed an increase in confirmed cases of psittacosis, which would have originated in agricultural...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the suspected Q fever case in a veterinarian in the Los Lagos Region of Chile, the Health Ministry of the province of Osorno ruled out Q fever in...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Swedish Public Health Authority reported this week that dozens of psittacosis, or parrot fever cases have been reported in recent months. Since September 2019,...

Swedish public health authorities, Folkhalsomyndigheten, is reporting (computer translated) an outbreak of psittacosis, or parrot disease, since November 2018. According to officials, some 60 cases...

Health officials in Georgia and Virginia are investigating a multistate outbreak of psittacosis occurring at two poultry slaughter plants owned by a single corporation. Chlamydia psittaci, the type...