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Is there a respiratory disease caused by a member of the genus chlamydia?


Is there a respiratory disease caused by a member of the genus chlamydia?

Yup. That's psittacosis. An infection caused by Chlamydia psittaci and transmitted from birds. I can write a long discussion here but here's the link to wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psittacosis
If you need a more extensive discussion, try www.emedicine.com

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