Chlamydiae have a worldwide distribution causing a wide range of diseases in human
hosts, livestock, and companion animals as well as in wildlife and exotic species. Moreover …

Chlamydia (C.) psittaci is an economically relevant pathogen in poultry and pet birds, where
it causes psittacosis/ornithosis, and also a human pathogen causing atypical pneumonia …

Psittacosis, also known as parrot fever and ornithosis, is a bacterial infection that can cause
severe pneumonia and other serious health problems in humans. It is caused by Chlamydia …

Bacteria of the Chlamydiaceae family are a type of Gram-negative microorganism typified by
their obligate intracellular lifestyle. The majority of the members in the Chlamydiaceae family …

Avian chlamydiosis is one of the important neglected diseases with critical zoonotic
potential. Chlamydia psittaci, the causative agent, affects most categories of birds, livestock …

The aim of the present study was to analyse the occurrence of chlamydiae in several
mammalian host species. Clinical samples that previously tested positive in a …

The Chlamydia are a globally distributed genus of bacteria that can infect and cause
disease in a range of hosts. Birds are the primary host for multiple chlamydial species. The …

Epidemiological data indicate that infection of cattle with chlamydiae such as Chlamydophila
(C.) pecorum, C. abortus, C. psittaci and Chlamydia suis, is ubiquitous with mixed infections …

Investigations conducted on feral African Sacred Ibises (Threskiornis aethiopicus) in western
France led to the isolation of a strain with chlamydial genetic determinants. Ultrastructural …

Proven transmission of Chlamydia psittaci between humans has been described on only
one occasion previously. We describe an outbreak which occurred in Sweden in early 2013 …