Human infection with is rare but difficult to recognize. We report an outbreak of psittacosis among poultry processing workers in China. We applied metagenomic next-generation sequencing and identified reads from samples of all seven patients, four of which were subsequently confirmed by PCR. Epidemiological results suggested that the poultry processed in the factory was the possible source of human infection.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10699661PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imj.2022.06.001DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

metagenomic next-generation
8
next-generation sequencing
8
sequencing identified
8
psittacosis poultry
8
poultry processing
8
processing workers
8
human infection
8
identified psittacosis
4
workers shandong
4
shandong province
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!