Wenwu Yao: Department of Microbiology and Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
Xuhui Yang: Department of Health Monitoring, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
Jinchuan Shi: Affiliated Hangzhou Xixi Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Zhangnv Yang: Department of Microbiology and Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
Ying Yao: Department of Infectious Diseases, Disease Prevention Control Center of Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, China.
Jun Kou: Department of Infectious Diseases, Disease Prevention Control Center of Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, China.
Shelan Liu: Department of Microbiology and Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
Linbo Wang: Department of Microbiology and Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
Zhuoyin Wu: Department of Microbiology and Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
Guoxiang Shi: Department of Microbiology and Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
Hao Yan: Department of Microbiology and Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
Yajun Song: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.
is the pathogen of psittacosis and infects a wide range of birds and even humans. Human infection occurs most commonly in those with a history of contact with birds or poultry. We describe a case of psittacosis in a human immunodeficiency virus infected patient in Zhejiang Province for the first time. infection was confirmed by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Real-Time PCR. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the sequences from the patient's samples clustered with genotype A in the same branch. Our study highlights the possibility of diagnosing psittacosis in patients with a chronic disease such as HIV-infected patients, and should increase awareness and surveillance of psittacosis in China.
