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Observations on the Morphology of Rickettsia prowazeki occurring in Lice (Pediculus humanus) infected with the Virus of Typhus Fever1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

J. A. Arkwright  and
A. Bacot
J. A. Arkwright
Affiliation:
(From the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.)
A. Bacot
Affiliation:
(From the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.)
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Most of the published descriptions of R. prowazeki in lice have dealt with the minute round, oval, diplococcal or dumb-bell forms found by Ricketts and Wilder (1910), Sergent, Foley and Vialatte (1914), da Rocha-Lima (1916), and others.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , March 1923 , pp. 43 - 48
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1923

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