| chlamydial infection in a colony of captive koalas. | forty three koalas in a captive colony were investigated for the presence of chlamydia psittaci infection and associated disease. swabs were taken from conjunctivae and urogenital sites for cell culture isolation of c psittaci and for cytological examination (direct smears) for chlamydial inclusions and evidence of inflammation. on the basis of cell culture isolation, 28 samples from 25 koalas were positive for c psittaci (that is, infected). three koalas were positive from both sites, 5 from co ... | 1991 | 1883294 |
| chlamydiosis in workers at a duck farm and processing plant. | an outbreak of chlamydiosis was investigated in workers at a duck farm and processing plant during winter 1989. chlamydia psittaci was isolated from ducks, but there was little evidence of clinical chlamydiosis in the ducks. serological tests showed that 76% of workers had been exposed to infection, 12% recently, 16% had not been exposed and 8% had inconclusive test results. there was a strong association (p < 0.05) between years of employment and exposure to infection. infection appeared to be ... | 1993 | 8343087 |
| comparison of the omp i gene of chlamydia psittaci between isolates in victorian koalas and other animal species. | the objective of this study is to compare the strain of chlamydia causing genital infection in koalas from victoria with isolates from other animal species. | 1997 | 9293340 |
| community outbreak of psittacosis in a rural australian town. | 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. | 1998 | 9734887 |
| multiple sites of exposure in an outbreak of ornithosis in workers at a poultry abattoir and farm. | cases of ornithosis amongst workers on a rural duck abattoir and farm were notified from late 2003 to health authorities in victoria, australia. in may 2004 we conducted a serological survey to identify the extent of exposure to chlamydophila psittaci amongst workers and a case control study to identify high-risk work areas for ornithosis-related pneumonia. some workers in all occupational groups showed serological evidence of exposure, while those with pneumonia were more likely to have worked ... | 2007 | 17274860 |