NO NATURAL FOCUS OF TULAREMIA IN MURMANSK OBLAST,

Abstract

Contradictory data concerning the existence of a natural focus of tularemia in Murmansk oblast prompted the investigations seeking to establish the existence of such a focus on the Kola peninsula. The examination of more than 9,000 rodents and 15,000 of their ectoparasites, some of them normally hosts and vectors of the tularemia pathogen, anamnestic studies of the natives, serological tests with tularin and agglutination reaction, interrogation of the natives and travels, and records of the health stations failed to confirm the existence of a focus of the disease in the region. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0836275

Entities

People

  • G. R. Aksenenko

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agglutination
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Ectoparasites
  • Interrogation
  • Pathogenic Bacteria
  • Tickborne Diseases

Readers

  • Immunology
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Theoretical Analysis.