EXPERIMENTAL MASS INFECTION OF LICE ADAPTED TO FEEDING ON RABBITS WITH RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKI,

Kosobutskii, L. A.

EXPERIMENTAL MASS INFECTION OF LICE ADAPTED TO FEEDING ON RABBITS WITH RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKI,

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Abstract:

Following infection on rabbit-hosts, 85 of the lice died in the course of the first week following the appearance of rickettsia in the smears 52.3 of the insects contained rickettsia, consequently the effectiveness of infection comprised an average of 44.5. A negative moment during the infection were the side effects and the death of the rabbits, which could be eliminated by the administration of the infecting doses in portions over a period of two days. Author

Author(s):

Kosobutskii, L. A.

Author Organization(s):

ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Supplementary Note:

Trans. of Sborn. Nauch. Trudov Beloruss. Inst. Epidem. Mikrobiol. i Gig., Minsk (sic) n4 p168-72 1961.

Annotation:

Translation of Russian research: Experimental mass infection of lice adapted to feeding on rabbits with rickettsia prowazeki.

Pagination:

0007

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:

Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR

Identifying Numbers

Report Number(s):

Trans-1813, TT-67-61707

Monitor Series:

67-61707

Subject Terms

Communities of Interest:

No COI(s) Identified

Descriptor(s):

*LICE, *RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, MORTALITY RATE, DISEASES, RABBITS, USSR

Field(s)/Group(s):

Biology, Microbiology

Report Date:

1966 Jun 01