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The study suggests the coronavirus mutated in Italy, which led to an increased viral load and increased transmissibility, but did not increase the virulence. Italy has a high number of elderly people, who are more like to have chronic underlying infections; and a high rate of rare diseases, which are likely caused by common intracellular pathogens, such as psittacosis, trachoma, or strep. Italians are at higher risk of chronic psittacosis from contact with infected birds; and are also impacted by…..
Chlamydia psittacosis is an intracellular bird pathogen, which can be transmitted to other animal species and to humans. Psittacosis can host bird viruses, and which can trigger evolution of both the psittacosis and the viruses. Psittacosis has a remarkably similar presentation and clinical findings to covid-19. Psittacosis can become psittacosis pneumonia, which also has similar clinical and x-ray findings to severe and fatal cases of covid-19. In Feb. 2020, Sweden recently reported an outbreak of dozens of cases of psittacosis;…..
Chlamydia psittaci is a dangerous bird pathogen, which is widespread in animals and humans. Domestic and wild birds are the primary reservoir for chlamydia psittaci (bird chlamydia—psittacosis). Birds can infect cats, dogs, rodents, tortoises, horses, pigs, and other livestock; and the pathogen is then readily transmissible to people. Chlamydia psittaci can mix in co-infected animals, to generate new serovars. Psittacosis was shown in 50% of patients who had contact with birds; and can be acquired from infected animals, outdoor…..
Any infection with a predilection for a particular organ or type of tissue will have the same predilection in the fetus; and can be more destructive to a fetus because of the vulnerability of the developing fetus and lifetime duration of the chronic infection. Chlamydia pneumonia attacks cardiovascular tissue, lungs and brain; and can affect fetal development in the heart, cardiovascular tissue, and/or brain. Trachoma and psittacosis attack the central nervous system, lungs and eyes, and may similarly affect a…..
Immortal pathogens and parasites can infect a fetus in utero. Oxygen levels are lower, in utero, with oxygen only available from the mother’s bloodstream. Thus, pathogens with a potential to infect a fetus must be capable of surviving in a low oxygen environment. Immortal pathogens and parasites attack tissue and organs, in a fetus, in the same way the pathogens and parasites attack children, adults and animals, based on predilection and opportunity. Immortal pathogens are more virulent to a fetus…..
We list ten articles on chlamydia psittacosis, to show the variety of chronic diseases in which psittacosis is already suspected or known to be a cause. Many other articles are available supporting psittaci in MALT lymphoma, and in other chronic diseases. We list only the titles, for brevity; so those who wish will be able to find the actual articles. Chlamydia psittaci (avian chlamydia) is a dangerous pathogen, which can cause death when untreated, or become a chronic infection and…..
Chlamydia species can be transmitted from one animal species to another, such as birds-to-cattle, birds-to-horses, and sheep-to-cattle; and from animals-to-humans and humans-to-animals. Animals may be co-infected with more than one type of chlamydia; and chlamydia psittaci (bird chlamydia) can mix in co-infected animals, to generate new serovars. Animals and humans can develop the same chronic diseases—from the same immortal pathogens. In 1982, chlamydia psittaci was isolated from the lungs of a horse with a fatal respiratory infection. A psittaci pathogen…..
Medicine fails to consider infectious pathogens acquired years or decades earlier, as a cause of chronic disease. The Spanish Flu epidemic is thought to have started, when soldiers returned from WWI. People who survived the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-1920, had a reduced life-expectancy of up to 10 years. A chlamydia psittacosis pneumonia outbreak occurred, in Pennsylvania, in 1917; and a psittacosis pneumonia epidemic was confirmed, in Baltimore, in 1929-1930—both originating from contact with exotic birds, and then transmitted person-to-person……
A 35 year-old woman consulted Dr. Merchant, two years after being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa; and being told she would be blind in five years. She had difficulty with daytime driving and seeing in a dimly lit room; and her contrast sensitivity test, which is a sensitive test for functional vision, was abnormal. Her laboratory testing was positive for psittacosis and H-pylori. As she was treated for the pathogens, her vision began to improve; after two months of treatment, her…..
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY! Our book is intended to educate people about pathogens that cause chronic disease, and how humans acquire the pathogens. We read with dismay in today’s newspaper of a “problem” at an Air Force Base—flocks of pigeons have taken up residence in aircraft hangers, and are creating a “poop problem”. Airmen are ordered to spend at least 90 hours a month scraping pigeon poop off airplanes, the floor, equipment, and surfaces in the environment……
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