TO THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TICK SPOTTED FEVER OF CENTRAL SIBERIA

Abstract

A report is presented on tick spotted fever. Study of the history of the disease in 2 hospitals disclosed that this disease was present 3 years before the research was started, and went under the diagnosis of grippe and typhus or an atypical typhus. Later doctors of these areas began calling it tick fever due to the presence of tick bites in amnestic and objective analysis. The illness appeared 2-3 or 5-6 days after the noted bites. Epidemiologically and clinically this disease does not compare with typhus fever.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0676344

Entities

People

  • M. D. Shtamikov
  • M. K. Krontovskaya

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arachnid Bites And Stings
  • Availability
  • Bites And Stings
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Epidemiology
  • Health Services
  • High Temperature
  • Hospitals
  • Infection
  • Inspection
  • Livestock
  • Maryland
  • Pain
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Immunology
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).