Susceptibility of Laboratory Animals to Infection by Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae.
Abstract
An attempt was made to find suitable laboratory animals as alternative models for the study of the spotted fever group of rickettsiae. Several species, including Mus musculus, Cavia porcellus, Mustelo furo, Meriones unquiculatus, Merocricetus auratus, Sylvilagus spp, Sigmodon hispicus, Ovis aries and Suis scrofa, were examined. Of the animals tested, only certain strains of laboratory mice (M. musculus) and the Hartley strain guinea pig (C. porcellus) exhibited overtly the desired characteristics of disease. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 14, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA029957
Entities
People
- Carl E. Pedersen Jr.
- Lenora S. Sammons
- Richard H. Kenyon
- Robert L. Hickman
Organizations
- United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases