THE PRODUCTION OF MORGAN'S TOXICOINFECTION IN MONKEYS IN RELATION TO ACUTE RADIATION SICKNESS

Abstract

The observations give evidence that the stimulus for Morgan's toxicoinfection, being for Rhesus monkeys conditionally pathogenic and not inducing in artificial infection the appearance of an infectionary process, on x-ray irradiation of these animals at sub-lethal doses, produces the development of a severe process of infection concluding in a number of cases with the animals' death. The illness, appearing in relation to irradiation, does not differ as a whole from the spontaneously appearing illness, and has the character of severe gastroenteritis. Irradiation, however, imposes its mark on the morphological manifestation of this illness in the form of the development of moderate atrophic phenomena in the spleen and intestinal lymphatic apparatus.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0678141

Entities

People

  • B. A. Lapin
  • L. A. Yakovleva
  • S. M. Pekerman

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blood
  • Infection
  • Lethal Dosage
  • Lymphatic System
  • Monkeys
  • Personality
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Sickness
  • Rhesus Monkeys
  • Translations
  • Wound Infections
  • X Rays

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  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology