Psittacosis -- Argentina
The Ministry of Health, through the Epidemiology Department, has provided preventive measures to avoid new cases of psittacosis, after 2 families developed the disease in 2 different sites of Entre Rios (Paraná and Gualeguaychú).
Psittacosis is an acute infectious disease produced by the bacterium _Chlamydophila psittaci_, found in secretions of many birds, which transmit the infection to humans through inhalation, entering the respiratory tract and lodging the bacteria in the lungs.
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5615309&promed&0
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