Open AccessA Psittacosis Outbreak among English Office Workers with Little or No Contact with Birds, August 2015
Author(s) -
John Mair-Jenkins,
Tracey Lamming,
Andy Dziadosz,
Daniel Flecknoe,
Thomas Stubington,
M. Mentasti,
Peter Muir,
Philip Monk
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
plos currents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 2157-3999
DOI - 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.b646c3bb2b4f0e3397183f31823bbca6
Subject(s) - psittacosis , outbreak , chlamydia psittaci , serology , medicine , environmental health , epidemiology , atypical pneumonia , pneumonia , chlamydia , veterinary medicine , virology , immunology , antibody
On 14th August 2015 an office manager informed Public Health England of five employees known to have been diagnosed with pneumonia over the previous three weeks. We investigated to establish whether an outbreak occurred and to identify and control the source of infection.