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MeSH Heading: Psittacosis
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.400.210.250.600
Unique ID: D009956
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009956
Scope Note: Infection with CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI (formerly Chlamydia psittaci), transmitted to humans by inhalation of dust-borne contaminated nasal secretions or excreta of infected BIRDS. This infection results in a febrile illness characterized by PNEUMONITIS and systemic manifestations.
Entry Term(s): Ornithosis
NLM Classification #: WC 660
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see ORNITHOSIS 1963-2005
History Note: 2006 (1963)
Date Introduced: 2006/01/01
Last Updated: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Psittacosis MeSH Descriptor Data 2026