DOES FEEDING TICKS ON IMMUNE ANIMALS INFLUENCE RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA,
Abstract
It was shown experimentally that H. asiaticum ticks feeding on infected guineapigs pick up R. sibirica and can preserve them for two years. Ticks H. asiaticum infected with rickettsia do not get rid of R. sibirica by a single and complete engorgement on immune animals or by intermittent bloodsucking on an immune and then on a healthy animal. Infected H. asiaticum ticks sucking immune blood retain the capacity for transphasal and transovarial transmission of R. sibirica to their progeny. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0670366
Entities
People
- I. M. Grokhovskaya
- O. S. Korshunova
- V. E. Sidorov
Organizations
- Naval Medical Research Center