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ID#:

16448

Caption:

This image was taken during an epidemiologic study in, and around, a Mid-Western turkey processing plant, due to the discovery of a number of cases of psittacosis involving the plant workers, caused by the bacterium, Chlamydophila psittaci, formerly known as Chlamydia psittaci, which can be transmitted from domesticated birds to humans.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Dr. Philip Durfee

Creation Date:

1974

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