ETIOLOGY OF RAGING DISEASE OF ANIMALS IN THE ARCTIC (DISEASES RESEMBLING RABIES). REPORT I. BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RAGING VIRUS

Abstract

This report states that during virological analysis of foxes with ranging disease 2 strains of virus were isolated. The strains proved pathogenic for various types of laboratory animals and caused an illness in the latter with signs of infection of the central nervous system. The virus of raging disease displayed a high stability to storage in glycerine and 1% phenol and was quickly inactivated during action of high temperatures and ultraviolet irradiation. The biological characteristics of the viruses of raging disease - specter of pathogenicity, course of experimental infection, behavior to numerous physical and chemical factors - are related to the studied strains of other neurovirus agents and partially to virus of rabies.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0677017

Entities

People

  • R. A. Kantorovich

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Central Nervous System
  • Data Sets
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Domestic Animals
  • Fur
  • High Temperature
  • Infection
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Masticatory Muscles
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Nervous System
  • Scientific Research
  • Seizures
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Virology (or Medical Virology).