| Community outbreak of psittacosis in a rural Australian town. | |
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PMID: 9734887 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Health authorities in Victoria, Australia were notified of three men from a rural town with atypical pneumonia, admitted to hospital over 8 days. Initial serological testing suggested Chlamydia psittaci as the cause. We did a case-control study to find risk factors for psittacosis. METHODS: We searched for cases of pneumonia or severe flu-like illness through family physicians and the regional hospital. We selected three controls per case from the region's electoral roll. We collected blood for serological tests and administered questionnaires to all cases and controls. FINDINGS: We found 16 cases of psittacosis and one died. Most cases were clustered within a small geographical area, with a median age of 58 years (range 23-76), 15 (94%) of whom were male. Keeping, handling, or feeding domestic or wild birds was not associated with illness. Cases spent a median of 17.5 h per week in their garden, compared with a median of 5.2 h for controls (p=0.04) and were more likely to have mowed lawns during the 3 weeks before onset of illness than controls (odds ratio 4.81 [95% CI 1.08-33.37]). INTERPRETATION: We showed that psittacosis outbreaks are not limited to direct contact with birds and pose new challenges for disease control. Modifications may be needed to work outdoors to decrease the risk of psittacosis. |
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Authors:
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J Williams; G Tallis; C Dalton; S Ng; S Beaton; M Catton; J Elliott; J Carnie |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Lancet Volume: 351 ISSN: 0140-6736 ISO Abbreviation: Lancet Publication Date: 1998 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1998-09-25 Completed Date: 1998-09-25 Revised Date: 2005-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 2985213R Medline TA: Lancet Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1697-9 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Human Services, Victoria, Australia. |
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Adult Aged Case-Control Studies Disease Outbreaks* Female Humans Male Middle Aged Pneumonia, Bacterial / epidemiology* Psittacosis / epidemiology* Risk Factors Victoria / epidemiology |
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Lancet. 1998 Nov 7;352(9139):1551
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