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

• Hoofdauteurs: Kelvin K W To (Auteur), Herman Tse (Auteur), Wan-Mui Chan (Auteur), Garnet K Y Choi (Auteur), Anna J X Zhang (Auteur), Siddharth Sridhar (Auteur), Sally C Y Wong (Auteur), Jasper F W Chan (Auteur), Andy S F Chan (Auteur), Patrick C Y Woo (Auteur), Susanna K P Lau (Auteur), Janice Y C Lo (Auteur), Kwok-Hung Chan (Auteur), Vincent C C Cheng (Auteur), Kwok-Yung Yuen (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: 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...