A novel psittacine adenovirus identified during an outbreak of avian chlamydiosis and human psittacosis: zoonosis associated with virus-bacterium coinfection in birds.

• Hauptverfasser: Kelvin K W To (Verfasst von), Herman Tse (Verfasst von), Wan-Mui Chan (Verfasst von), Garnet K Y Choi (Verfasst von), Anna J X Zhang (Verfasst von), Siddharth Sridhar (Verfasst von), Sally C Y Wong (Verfasst von), Jasper F W Chan (Verfasst von), Andy S F Chan (Verfasst von), Patrick C Y Woo (Verfasst von), Susanna K P Lau (Verfasst von), Janice Y C Lo (Verfasst von), Kwok-Hung Chan (Verfasst von), Vincent C C Cheng (Verfasst von), Kwok-Yung Yuen (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Chlamydophila psittaci is found worldwide, but is particularly common among psittacine birds in tropical and subtropical regions. While investigating a human psittacosis outbreak that was associated with avian chlamydiosis in Hong Kong, we identified a novel adenovirus in epidemiologically linked Me...