Chlamydia pneumoniae, strain TWAR, as the cause of an outbreak in a boys' school previously called psittacosis.

Abstract:

:Sera from an outbreak of acute respiratory illness in a boys boarding school originally thought to have been due to psittacosis (1) have been re-examined and evidence is presented that suggests that the outbreak was caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae, strain TWAR (2).

journal_name

Epidemiol Infect

authors

Pether JV,Wang SP,Grayston JT

doi

10.1017/s0950268800030752

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1989-10-01 00:00:00

pages

395-400

issue

2

eissn

0950-2688

issn

1469-4409

journal_volume

103

pub_type

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