Sentence examples for parrot fever from inspiring English sources
noun
An infectious disease caused by the bacterium and contracted from many species of bird.
Parrot fever became a national joke.
Was parrot fever really something to worry about?
Historian Jill Lepore talks to host Jacki Lyden about the great parrot fever outbreak of 1929.
On January 13th, the Chicago Daily Tribune reported a landmark success: "PARROT FEVER GERM ISOLATED".
Less than two weeks into the story, parrot fever looked, suddenly, silly.
"There is a lot of interest now in parrot fever," the interviewer observed, asking, "How far will the research on parrot fever have to go before you print something about it?" Goddard took umbrage at the suggestion that he had not already covered parrot fever — that he had not, in fact, scooped parrot fever.
What Armstrong needed was a parrot-fever panic.
By Jill Lepore The media fueled fears of a parrot-fever pandemic; then the story went into reverse.
In this week's issue of the magazine, Jill Lepore writes about the parrot-fever scare of 1930.
By Avi Zenilman May 27, 2009 In this week's issue of the magazine, Jill Lepore writes about the parrot-fever scare of 1930.
" 'PARROT' DISEASE BAFFLES EXPERTS" the Washington Post reported in an issue that went to press the night of January 8th, thrilling readers with a medical mystery that would capture the nation's attention with the prospect of a parrot-fever pandemic.
