Chlamydophila psittaci pneumonia associated to exposure to fulmar birds (Fulmaris glacialis) in the Faroe Islands

• Published in: Infectious Diseases
• Main Authors: Fossádal, Marian Elsubeth, Grand, Mansour, Gaini, Shahin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Atypical pneumonia; Chlamydophila psittaci; Fulmar birds; Pneumonia; Psittacosis; Wild bird exposure; Faroe Islands; Fulmarus glacialis
• Online Access: https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/bcdb216f-ebd0-4af1-8c87-f24dd3b92650; https://doi.org/10.1080/23744235.2018.1495840

Background: For more than 200 years people in the Faroe Islands have supplemented their food by hunting different species of wild birds in the Faroe Islands. Traditionally, juvenile fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) are caught at sea in late August. The fulmars may be infected or colonized with the bacte...