Date: January 18, 2009
From: ProMED-mail correspondent BM
In Saratov parrot family sent to hospital
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In Saratov family of three people caught ornitozom of decorative parrot. Presumably, the bird was brought to Russia
smuggled. «At the beginning of January, all three family members - parents and the child is sick ornitozom in dire shape.
During the epidemiological investigation found that for 2 weeks prior to the development of infection in this family was
purchased parrot, is the bearer of infection », - the representative of the territorial administration Rospotrebnadzor.
As RIA «News», ornitoz - acute infectious disease that is accompanied by severe pneumonia, is characterized by
fever, general intoxication, and the defeat of the lungs and central nervous system. In heavy and medium forms
ornitoza recuperation occurs only in 2-3 months. Disease is chlamydia, a source of infection
are domestic and wild birds. Infection occurs in most cases, air-dust way - by inhalation of dust containing
chlamydia effective vaccine for the prevention ornitoza does not exist.
According to Rospotrebnadzor, only the last two months in the Kurgan region of Orenburg and doctors recorded
ornitozom outbreak of disease. «The infection was detected almost forty people, all of them acquired the disease before the ornamental
parrots and kanareek, illegal major party which was seized in the points on the Russian-Kazakh section of the State
border of the Russian Federation », - the representative of Rospotrebnadzor.
«If you are buying a bird need to ask the seller veterinary certificate of absence from the party of infectious diseases,
including ornitoza. In identifying the first signs of the disease ornitozom immediately seek medical care », --
warned Representative Office.
[Commentary said. BM. It should be noted that currently ornitoz increasingly recorded in the territory of the European countries, which is connected with the smuggling of parrots and kanareek. Especially unfortunate is the situation in the central regions of Russia - Tambov and
Saratov, as well as in the Kurgan region which has been in January 2009 have been recorded cases of the infection. More information can be found on ornitoze
here: http://www.gradusnik.ru/rus/medall/inf/chlam/w16c-ornitos. - Corr. VM]
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