Abstract
A Tayside outbreak of psittacosis December 2011-February 2012 involved three confirmed and one probable cases. Confirmed cases were indistinguishable by sequencing of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products. The epidemiological pattern suggested person-to-person spread as illness onset dates were consistent with the incubation period and no single common exposure could explain the infections. In particular the only common exposure for a health-care worker case is overlap in place and time with the symptomatic index case.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 20186 |
Pages (from-to) | 9-11 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Eurosurveillance |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 22 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |