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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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Autores principales: Mooser, H., Castaneda, M. Ruiz, Zinsser, Hans
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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