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Report of Seven Cases

LAWRENCE PERLMAN, M.D.; ALBERT MILZER, M.D., Ph.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1954;94(1):82-93.

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THE INCREASING popularity of parakeets as domestic pets, the lack of uniform laws regarding the importation and sale of psittacine birds, and the presence of a large reservoir of the disease among domestic fowl have increased the incidence of psittacosis tremendously. Since Ritter first described the disease under the name of pneumotyphus, psittacosis has been reported as endemic or epidemic in many parts of the world. Any attempt to determine the true incidence of the disease is futile. It is certain that psittacosis occurs much more frequently than is generally realized. That it is overlooked because of the unawareness of the medical profession of its existence is most likely.

Psittacosis is an acute infectious disease caused by a number of closely related viruses. In addition to the strains of psittacine origin, there are various other strains which naturally infect other species of birds. These latter infections are referred to as . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Medicine and the Department of Microbiology, Medical Research Institute, Michael Reese Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine.

Footnotes
Cleo Roberts, B.S., gave technical assistance.

Aided by a grant from the Committee on Scientific Research, American Medical Association.

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