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

• Main Authors: Kelvin K W To (Author), Herman Tse (Author), Wan-Mui Chan (Author), Garnet K Y Choi (Author), Anna J X Zhang (Author), Siddharth Sridhar (Author), Sally C Y Wong (Author), Jasper F W Chan (Author), Andy S F Chan (Author), Patrick C Y Woo (Author), Susanna K P Lau (Author), Janice Y C Lo (Author), Kwok-Hung Chan (Author), Vincent C C Cheng (Author), Kwok-Yung Yuen (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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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...