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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
In humans, after incubation period of 5-14 days, the symptoms of the disease range from inapparent illness to systemic illness with severe pneumonia.
Symptoms
In psittacosis symptoms are due to secondary bacteremia from reticuloendothelial system(lymph nodes).[1] It is associated with constitutional symptoms like:
Symptoms of pneumonia/respiratory system:
- Dry cough.
- Shortness of breath.
- Blood-tinged sputum at times
- Sore throat
- Epistaxis
Symptoms due to complications/ other symptoms:
References
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