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PSITTACOSIS: REPORT OF FIVE CASES

PSITTACOSIS: REPORT OF FIVE CASES Abstract In this communication is presented a household outbreak of five cases of psittacosis running a characteristic course, with definite pathologic as well as biologic evidence substantiating the diagnosis. These followed the importation of a group of love birds or parrakeets from Havana. Parrakeet is the name given to certain subgroups of the family Psitticae or parrots.1 It includes especially the parrots of relatively small size and slender form with a long graduated tail; e. g., the subfamilies of Palaeonithinae and Platycercinae of Asia, Australia and Polynesia, and the Cornurinae of South and Central America. The latter is still to be found in the southern part of the United States and is sometimes spoken of as the Carolina parrakeet. According to Roubakine,2 the disease psittacosis in man is caused, in the vast majority of cases, by the green parrot of the species Chrysotis amazonicus. However, he mentioned an epidemic References 1. Salvadori, A. T.: Catalogue of Parrots in the Collection of the British Museum , London, Longmans & Company, 1891. 2. Roubakine, A.: Monthly Epidemiological Report of the League of Nations 9:141 ( (April) ) 1930. 3. Anderson, G. W.: New England J. Med. 204:67 ( (Jan. 8) ) 1931.Crossref 4. Armstrong, C.: Pub. Health Rep. 45:2013 ( (Aug. 29) ) 1930.Crossref 5. Rivers, T. M.; Berry, G. P., and Rhoades, C. P.: Psittacosis: Observations Concerning Experimental Disease in Parrots, Mice, Rabbits, Guinea-Pigs and Monkeys , J. A. M. A. 95:579 ( (Aug. 23) ) 1930.Crossref 6. Ward, A. R., and Gallagher, B. A.: Diseases of Domesticated Birds , New York, The Macmillan Company, 1920. 7. Polayes, S. H., and Lederer, M.: Psittacosis; Postmortem Examination of a Case, Including Studies of the Spinal Cord , Arch. Int. Med. 49:253 ( (Feb.) ) 1932.Crossref 8. Ritter, J.: Deutsches Arch. f. klin. Med. 25:53, 1879. 9. Vickery, H. F., and Richardson, O.: Tr. Am. Physiol. Soc. 19:364, 1904. 10. Scott, H. N.: Tr. New Hampshire M. Soc. , 1906, p. 168. 11. McClintock, A. T.: Arch. A. T. McClintock Mem. Found. 1:1, 1925. 12. Sailer, J.: M. Clin. North America 12:1095 ( (Jan.) ) 1925. 13. Barros, E.: Rev. Asoc. méd. argent. 43:17 ( (Jan.-April) ) 1930 14. Lancet 1:472 ( (March 1) ) 1930. 15. Thomson, A. P., and Hillier, W. T.: Lancet 1:396 ( (Feb. 22) ) 1930.Crossref 16. Anderson (footnote 3). 17. Armstrong (footnote 4). 18. Peterson, E.; Spalding, O. B., and Wildman: Psittacosis: A Clinical and Roentgenologic Study of Seven Cases with Postmortem Observations in One Case , J. A. M. A. 95:17 ( (July 19) ) 1930.Crossref 19. Bortz, E. L., and Green, B.: Psittasosis , J. A. M. A. 95:400 ( (Aug. 9) ) 1930.Crossref 20. Rivers, T. M.; Benjamin, B., and Berry, G. P.: Psittacosis; Report of a Case , J. A. M. A. 95:577 ( (Aug. 23) ) 1930.Crossref 21. Wellman, H. E.: New England J. Med. 203:421 ( (Aug. 28) ) 1930.Crossref 22. Sandoer and Coburn: J. Kansas M. Soc. 31:280 ( (Aug.) ) 1930. 23. Kahn, T. F., Jr.: Yale J. Biol. & Med. 2:417 ( (July) ) 1930. 24. Haines, H. G.: Psittacosis; Study of Three Cases , J. A. M. A. 94:1821 ( (June 7) ) 1930. 25. Reisman, D., and Davidson, H. S.: M. Clin. North America 14:815 ( (Jan.) ) 1931. 26. Wellman, H. E.: New England J. Med. 203:421 ( (Aug. 28) ) 1930.Crossref 27. Gorham, L. W.; Calder, F. G., and Vedder, J. D.: Psittacosis; Report of Five Cases , J. A. M. A. 94:1816 ( (June 7) ) 1930.Crossref 28. MacLachlan, W. W. G.; Permar, H. H., and Rogers, C. A.: Ann. Int. Med. 4:260 ( (Sept.) ) 1930.Crossref 29. Badger, L. F.: Pub. Health Rep. 45:1403 ( (Feb. 1) ) 1930.Crossref 30. Horder, T., and Gow, A. E.: Lancet 1:237 ( (Feb. 1) ) 1930. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

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Abstract In this communication is presented a household outbreak of five cases of psittacosis running a characteristic course, with definite pathologic as well as biologic evidence substantiating the diagnosis. These followed the importation of a group of love birds or parrakeets from Havana. Parrakeet is the name given to certain subgroups of the family Psitticae or parrots.1 It includes especially the parrots of relatively small size and slender form with a long graduated tail; e. g., the subfamilies of Palaeonithinae and Platycercinae of Asia, Australia and Polynesia, and the Cornurinae of South and Central America. The latter is still to be found in the southern part of the United States and is sometimes spoken of as the Carolina parrakeet. According to Roubakine,2 the disease psittacosis in man is caused, in the vast majority of cases, by the green parrot of the species Chrysotis amazonicus. However, he mentioned an epidemic References 1. Salvadori, A. T.: Catalogue of Parrots in the Collection of the British Museum , London, Longmans & Company, 1891. 2. Roubakine, A.: Monthly Epidemiological Report of the League of Nations 9:141 ( (April) ) 1930. 3. Anderson, G. W.: New England J. Med. 204:67 ( (Jan. 8) ) 1931.Crossref 4. Armstrong, C.: Pub. Health Rep. 45:2013 ( (Aug. 29) ) 1930.Crossref 5. Rivers, T. M.; Berry, G. P., and Rhoades, C. P.: Psittacosis: Observations Concerning Experimental Disease in Parrots, Mice, Rabbits, Guinea-Pigs and Monkeys , J. A. M. A. 95:579 ( (Aug. 23) ) 1930.Crossref 6. Ward, A. R., and Gallagher, B. A.: Diseases of Domesticated Birds , New York, The Macmillan Company, 1920. 7. Polayes, S. H., and Lederer, M.: Psittacosis; Postmortem Examination of a Case, Including Studies of the Spinal Cord , Arch. Int. Med. 49:253 ( (Feb.) ) 1932.Crossref 8. Ritter, J.: Deutsches Arch. f. klin. Med. 25:53, 1879. 9. Vickery, H. F., and Richardson, O.: Tr. Am. Physiol. Soc. 19:364, 1904. 10. Scott, H. N.: Tr. New Hampshire M. Soc. , 1906, p. 168. 11. McClintock, A. T.: Arch. A. T. McClintock Mem. Found. 1:1, 1925. 12. Sailer, J.: M. Clin. North America 12:1095 ( (Jan.) ) 1925. 13. Barros, E.: Rev. Asoc. méd. argent. 43:17 ( (Jan.-April) ) 1930 14. Lancet 1:472 ( (March 1) ) 1930. 15. Thomson, A. P., and Hillier, W. T.: Lancet 1:396 ( (Feb. 22) ) 1930.Crossref 16. Anderson (footnote 3). 17. Armstrong (footnote 4). 18. Peterson, E.; Spalding, O. B., and Wildman: Psittacosis: A Clinical and Roentgenologic Study of Seven Cases with Postmortem Observations in One Case , J. A. M. A. 95:17 ( (July 19) ) 1930.Crossref 19. Bortz, E. L., and Green, B.: Psittasosis , J. A. M. A. 95:400 ( (Aug. 9) ) 1930.Crossref 20. Rivers, T. M.; Benjamin, B., and Berry, G. P.: Psittacosis; Report of a Case , J. A. M. A. 95:577 ( (Aug. 23) ) 1930.Crossref 21. Wellman, H. E.: New England J. Med. 203:421 ( (Aug. 28) ) 1930.Crossref 22. Sandoer and Coburn: J. Kansas M. Soc. 31:280 ( (Aug.) ) 1930. 23. Kahn, T. F., Jr.: Yale J. Biol. & Med. 2:417 ( (July) ) 1930. 24. Haines, H. G.: Psittacosis; Study of Three Cases , J. A. M. A. 94:1821 ( (June 7) ) 1930. 25. Reisman, D., and Davidson, H. S.: M. Clin. North America 14:815 ( (Jan.) ) 1931. 26. Wellman, H. E.: New England J. Med. 203:421 ( (Aug. 28) ) 1930.Crossref 27. Gorham, L. W.; Calder, F. G., and Vedder, J. D.: Psittacosis; Report of Five Cases , J. A. M. A. 94:1816 ( (June 7) ) 1930.Crossref 28. MacLachlan, W. W. G.; Permar, H. H., and Rogers, C. A.: Ann. Int. Med. 4:260 ( (Sept.) ) 1930.Crossref 29. Badger, L. F.: Pub. Health Rep. 45:1403 ( (Feb. 1) ) 1930.Crossref 30. Horder, T., and Gow, A. E.: Lancet 1:237 ( (Feb. 1) ) 1930.

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