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

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