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THE TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS OF MEXICAN TYPHUS FROM RAT TO RAT BY POLYPLAX SPINULOSUS
Polyplax spinulosus, the common rat louse, is easily infected with the virus of typhus by feeding on infected rats. As in the case of Pediculus humanus, such feedings are followed by the appearance of large numbers of Rickettsia prowazeki within the gut of the insect. The virus of Mexican typhus can...
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The Rockefeller University Press
1931
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2132014/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19869940 |