Psittacosis: What Bird Owners in Arizona Need to Know About Parrot Fever and Staying Healthy

By |2025-01-30T16:48:14-07:00January 29th, 2025|Preparedness|

Psittacosis (“sit-uh-KOH-sis”), sometimes called “parrot fever”, is a zoonotic infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci that is spread from birds to humans. While it can lead to severe pneumonia in people, most cases are mild. Common symptoms include dry cough, fever, chills, headache, and muscle ache.  Humans typically become infected after breathing in droppings [...]