Accession Number:

AD0836177

Title:

INFECTION OF LICE WITH PASTEURELLA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Krynski, S.
• Becla, E.

Report Date:

1963-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

P. pseudotuberculosis very rapidly multiplies in lice intestine. There is a relationship between virulence and serological type. Types III, IV, V induce the highest mortality. The type II virulence is lower. Type I is the less virulent for lice.

Descriptors:

• *LICE
• VIABILITY
• FRANCE
• TRANSLATIONS
• INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• MORTALITY RATE
• INTESTINES
• GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY)
• DISEASE VECTORS

Subject Categories:

• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE