INFECTION OF HEAD LICE WITH RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKI

Abstract

The cultivation of head lice in the laboratory is possible by their daily 4-stage feeding on human blood. The infection of head lice with Rickettsia prowazeki is possible by the method of Weygl and by the membrane method with accumulation of the causative agent in the intestine. The feces of infected head lice contains a significant amount of Rickettsia prowazeki. The rubbing in of dry feces through the mucous membrane of animals causes experimental typhus in them. In this manner, based on experimental data, head lice, just as well as body lice, may be the source of typhus infection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0648111

Entities

People

  • G. M. Dutova

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Antibodies
  • Biological Laboratories
  • Experimental Data
  • Infection
  • Intestines
  • Materials
  • Membranes
  • Rodents
  • Russian Language
  • Translations
  • Viruses
  • Wound Infections

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