EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER,

Abstract

Bitterroot strain of the causative agent of the Rocky Mountain spotted fever--Rickettsia rickettsi, was studied by various methods, i. e. by culturing in the yolk sac of chick embryos, infection of various laboratory animals, in experiments of cross immunity on guinea pigs immunised with the live and killed cultures of various rickettsiosis pathogens, and by the serological method in experiments of direct and cross titration with the immune sera to various causative agents of rickettsiosis. None of these methods demonstrated any significant difference between the Bitterroot strain and the causative agent of the NorthAsian rickettsiosis--Dermacentroxenus sibiricus. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0619933

Entities

People

  • R. I. Kudelina
  • S. M. Kulagin

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Infections And Mycoses
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Immune Serums
  • Immunity
  • Infection
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Mountains
  • Pathogenic Bacteria
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Rodents
  • Tickborne Diseases
  • Titration
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Forest Ecology
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).