Metagenomic next-generation sequencing identified psittacosis among poultry processing workers in Shandong Province, China

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing identified psittacosis among poultry processing workers in Shandong Province, China

Human infection with Chlamydia psittaci 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 Chlamydia psittaci reads from samples of all seven patients, four of which were...

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Main Authors: Yuhao Wang, Aihua Zhang, Xuemin Wei, Zhe Zhang, Xiujuan Bi, Xiao Yuan, Yuzhi Geng, Nianzheng He, Mengting Chen, Xiaoying Xu, Han Xia, Hongling Wen, Yifei Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:Infectious Medicine
Subjects:
Chlamydia psittaci
Metagenomic next-generation sequencing
Psittacosis
Outbreak
Poultry processing factory
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772431X2200020X

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