Back حمى الببغاوات Arabic Psitacosi Catalan Psitakóza Czech Psittacosis Danish Ornithose German Ψιττάκωση Greek Psitakozo Esperanto Psitacosis Spanish Psitakosi Basque سیتاکوز Persian
 | This article needs to be updated. (July 2014) |
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| Direct fluorescent antibody stain of a mouse brain impression smear showing C. psittaci | |
| Specialty | Infectious medicine Pulmonology |
Psittacosis—also known as parrot fever, and ornithosis—is a zoonotic infectious disease in humans caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia psittaci and contracted from infected parrots, such as macaws, cockatiels, and budgerigars, and from pigeons, sparrows, ducks, hens, gulls and many other species of birds. The incidence of infection in canaries and finches is believed to be lower than in psittacine birds.
In certain contexts, the word is used when the disease is carried by any species of birds belonging to the family Psittacidae, whereas ornithosis is used when other birds carry the disease.[1]