Infection Studies with the Virus of Milker's Node (Infektionversuche mit dem Virus des Melkerknotens)
Abstract
The pathological alterations, which epidemiologically arise at the hands of milkers under the clinical feature of milker's nodes, can with certainty be traced back to at least two different agents, namely (1) to the virus of true cow pox, which according to Downie and co-workers differs little immunologically from the vaccina virus (the less frequent agent in the area; (2) to a virus which causes relapsing pox-like features known as 'false pox' in the veterinary literature (Wirth and Diernhoffer) and which differs considerably from vaccina virus with regards to its antigenic composition. The agent of non- vaccina-induced milker's node is not a weakened cow pox virus since these investigations have shown that animals with high immunity against vaccina still respond to infections with the virus in the same manner as non-vaccinated animals do.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0845939
Entities
People
- K. Berger
Organizations
- United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories