REGARDING A TROPICAL ZOONOSIS: THE WHITMORE BACILLUS AND MELIOIDOSIS. LATEST FACTS

Abstract

Malioidosis, a hydrotelluric tropical zoonosis, tends to gain terrain on various continents. The dreadful extension of the diseases presents certain particularly acute problems: the perfection of the telluric test; research concerning preventive and curative vaccination; the carrying out of measures of general prophylaxy and the promulgation of a severe legistlation destined to efficiently protect farm stock.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0836119

Entities

People

  • J. Verge
  • Phung Van Dan

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Australia
  • Bacteria
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
  • Infection
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Rodents
  • Terrain
  • Tissues
  • United States
  • Virulence
  • Wound Infections

Readers

  • Immunology
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology