INCIDÊNCIA DE CLAMIDIOSE EM PSITACÍDEOS E SEU RISCOS À SAÚDE PÚBLICA

Abstract

Chlamydiosis is a disease caused by an intracellular parasite, called Chlamydophila psittaci, which affects animals such as wild and domestic birds, domestic mammals and even man himself. In humans they are called psittacosis, or parrot fever, which can affect pet owners and professionals in the field who maintain contact with sick parrots. When any of them have contact with the secretions and excretions of the parrots carrying the disease. The microorganism that causes the disease is able to live a long period in dry secretions of parrots or other contaminated animals, or for several days in water at a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius. The main route of transmission between birds is gas-producing bacteria (aerogen), through the inhalation of dry excretions, or eye and nasal secretions from animals infected by the disease. However, there are other means of contamination. The clinical disease is dominated by stressors associated with inadequate management. The clinical signs in birds can be non-characteristic and in man it can be similar to an infection of the upper airways such as nasal, mouth. Treatment is based on the use of tetracyclines and doxycycline to solve the problems of chlamydiosis infection. This research is a way of reviewing the bibliography of the main data related to the disease, specifically citing diagnosis, treatment and prevention, in addition to alerting the importance of chlamydiosis to public health