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parrot fever: see psittacosis psittacosis or parrot fever, infectious disease caused by the species of Chlamydia psittaci and transmitted to people by birds, particularly parrots, parakeets, and lovebirds.
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No references found			Another potential pathogen sometimes found in bird (but not bat) droppings is a bacterium called Chlamydophila psittaci (formerly Chlamydia psittaci), the causal agent of psittacosis, or parrot fever. A rapid qPCR screen for avian infectious organisms by Journal of Environmental Health According to the officials at Matsue Vogel Park, five female employees who were taking care of birds were hospitalized after complaining of symptoms consistent with pneumonia in December, and four of them were diagnosed with psittacosis, also known as parrot fever or ornithosis. Shimane bird park partly shut after 5 develop psittacosis by Japan Weekly Monitor BAFFLED doctors were in a flap yesterday after four people were struck down with rare parrot fever. THEY'RE SICK AS A PARROT by Williams, Brendon / The Mirror (London, England)			parpend stone Parquet parquet circle parquet flooring parquet strip flooring Parquetry parr Parr, Catherine Parr, Thomas Parra, Nicanor parrakeet Parral Parramatta Parran, Thomas Parras parrel Parrhasius Parri, Ferruccio parricide Parrington, V. L. Parrington, Vernon Louis Parris Island Parris, Alexander Parrish, Maxfield parrot parrot fever parrot fish Parrot's Beak Parrot, Andre Parrot, André parrotfish Parrotia Persica Parrsboro parry Parry arcs Parry Channel Parry Islands Parry Sound Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Milman Parry, Sir William Edward Parry, William Edward Pars pars anterior pars distalis pars intermedia pars nervosa pars neuralis pars tuberalis Pars Tuglaci parse			Parrish, Maxfield parritch Parro Parrock parroket parroquet parrot parrot parrot parrot parrot parrot parrot Parrot (order) Parrot (order) Parrot (order) Parrot (order) Parrot (order) Parrot Adoption and Rescue Resource of the South Parrot Beak Tear Parrot Breeders Association of Virginia Parrot Club of South-Western Ontario Parrot coal parrot disease parrot disease parrot disease parrot disease parrot disease Parrot fashion Parrot fashion parrot fever Parrot fish Parrot fish Parrot fish Parrot green Parrot Head Club of Tidewater Parrot Heads in Natural Settings Parrot Heads in Need Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc. Parrot Heads of Central Florida Parrot Heads of Puget Sound Parrot House and Friends Parrot Media Network parrot mouth parrot mouth parrot mouth parrot mouth parrot mouth parrot pox parrot pox parrot pox parrot pox parrot pox Parrot Society of New Zealand Parrot Syndrome Parrot Toadstool Parrot weed Parrot wrasse parrot's beak parrot's beak parrot's bill

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