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Although psittacosis was known prior to 1929, the epidemic of that year and the attendant publicity brought the disease to the attention of almost every physician and health officer in the country. There have been repeated occurrences during the intervening years, but the fact that the mode of transmission of the disease and the susceptibility of various species have been discovered and practical methods of control have been instituted indicate that progress has been made in the attempt to eliminate it as a factor in our national health. Indeed, a recent report describes the successful vaccination of human patients against the disease. The present status of psittacosis from various points of view has recently been summarized by Hoge.1 The incidence of the disease is generally decreasing; whereas in 1932 there were seventy-six cases and seven deaths, in 1933 only fifteen cases, of which four were fatal, came to the
JAMA – American Medical Association
Published: May 26, 1934
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