Accession Number:

AD0837846

Title:

CANINE RICKETTSIOSIS IN THE FRENCH CONGO (PRELIMINARY NOTE)

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FORT DETRICK FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Malbrant, R.

Report Date:

1968-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

There exists in Equatorial French Africa a disease of the dog, likely caused by a Rickettsia. The Congo disease seems different from the Algerian disease. Serology tests show similarities with certain human typhuses.

Descriptors:

• *DOGS
• *RICKETTSIA
• DISEASES
• DIAGNOSIS(MEDICINE)
• TRANSLATIONS
• PROTEUS
• MORPHOLOGY(BIOLOGY)
• PATHOLOGY
• AFRICA

Subject Categories:

• Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine
• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE