A psittacosis outbreak in Belgian customs officers

K De Schrijver

doi:10.2807/esm.00.00.00173-en

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A psittacosis outbreak in Belgian customs officers
K De Schrijver¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Health Inspection, Communicable disease control, Ministry of Flanders, Antwerp, Belgium

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Citation style for this article: De Schrijver K. A psittacosis outbreak in Belgian customs officers. Euro Surveill. 1995;0(0):pii=173. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.00.00.00173-en

Abstract

In March 1994, health authorities in Antwerp, Belgium, were informed that a member of a team of 15 customs officers had developed psittacosis. The customs officer concerned had been admitted to hospital with pneumonia 10 days after exposure to parakeets t