The term "mysterious pneumonia" has become particularly triggering since early 2020. This is how the yet-to-be-named disease ...

A MYSTERIOUS flu-like illness has left dozens of healthy people in Argentina hospitalised in an outbreak eerily similar to ...

A bacterial infection known as parrot fever has killed five people in Europe, according to an announcement from the World ...

Psittacosis, also known as ornithosis or parrot fever, is caused by the bacterium Chlamydophila psittaci and is linked to birds such as parakeets, parrots and cockatiels. Other avian species ...

Evidence from certain geographical areas links lymphomas of the ocular adnexa marginal zone B-cell lymphomas (OAMZL) with Chlamydophila psittaci (Cp) infection, suggesting that lymphoma ...

In recent years, quantitative real-time PCR tests have been extensively developed in clinical microbiology laboratories for routine diagnosis of infectious diseases, particularly bacterial ...

In this review, we have discussed the different approaches currently used for plaque assays as applied to fastidious bacteria. First described for rickettsiae, the plaque assay methods have been ...

Pink Eye can be a common livestock issue, in sheep it can be one of two bacteria. Chlamydia psittaci (ovis) or Mycoplasma . How does Pink Eye spread? Small ruminants easily transmit Pink Eye from ...

It might save you some money. Psittacosis, or parrot fever, is caused by bacteria called Chlamydia psittaci, and is a common infection in birds. It is usually transmitted from animal to human via ...