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psittacosis
1. An infectious disease of parrots.
2. An acute or chronic respiratory and systemic disease of wild and domestic birds, caused by infection with Chlamydia psittaci.

It was originally seen in psittacine birds and is transmissible to humans and other animals; also known as, chlamydiosis.

3. Human infection by C. psittaci, generally acquired by inhalation of dried bird excreta containing the pathogen.

It may also be acquired by handling feathers or tissues of infected birds, through an open skin lesion, or from the bite of an infected bird.

It may be asymptomatic, have mild influenza like symptoms, or manifest as a severe, highly fatal pneumonia; also known as, parrot disease or fever and ornithosis.

4. An atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds.
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