Increasing cases of psittacosis, a bacterial respiratory infection, have been reported in multiple countries across Europe. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in February 2024 ...

Coincidentally, the number of cases of psittacosis reported from various parts of the United States has risen considerably. Whereas a total of only about 25 to 30 cases were reported annually to ...

Psittacosis, also known as Parrot Fever or Ornithosis, is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psitacci which can prove fatal in birds and humans. The bacterium is most commonly ...

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This condition is often called pigeon fanciers or budgie fancier's lung. However, the most serious is called psittacosis. With this disease, an agent called Chlamydia psittaci causes it ...

Woman insists on feeding birds at Bukit Merah despite repeated warnings not to feed them by authorities Singapore News ...

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

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Not to mention, bird droppings and feathers can carry harmful diseases such as psittacosis. Signs of birds living in your ...

But why would someone give up a precious pet? In the early 1930s and again in the 1950s, 'parrot fever' made headline news, the researchers found, with cases of bird owners catching psittacosis, a ...

But more importantly, diseases associated with pigeon droppings include the fungal lung infections cryptococcosis and histoplasmosis, and the infectious disease psittacosis, tellingly known as ...

In her defence, her solicitor said her breathing was impacted by respiratory condition psittacosis, known as pigeon fanciers lung, and had struggled since the death of her husband. After ...