Nieuwenhuizen, Annelies ADijkstra, FrederikaNotermans, Daan Wvan der Hoek, Wim2018-11-192018-11-192018-08-30Laboratory methods for case finding in human psittacosis outbreaks: a systematic review. 2018, 18 (1):442 BMC Infect. Dis.1471-23343016583110.1186/s12879-018-3317-0http://hdl.handle.net/10029/622227Psittacosis outbreak investigations require rapid identification of cases in order to trace possible sources and perform public health risk assessments. In recent outbreaks in the Netherlands, such investigations were hampered by the non-specificity of laboratory testing methods to identify human Chlamydia psittaci infections.enArchived with thanks to BMC infectious diseaseshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/AnimalsBirdsChlamydophila psittaciClinical Laboratory TechniquesDNA, BacterialDatabases, FactualDisease OutbreaksHumansPolymerase Chain ReactionPsittacosisArticleBMC Infect Dis 2018; 18(1):442