Studies of the rickettsias of the Typhus-Rocky-Mountain-Spotted-Fever group in South Africa. IV. Discussion and classification

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dc.contributor.author Mason, J.H.
dc.contributor.author Alexander, R.A.
dc.contributor.editor Du Toit, P.J.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-07-13T07:59:40Z
dc.date.available 2016-07-13T07:59:40Z
dc.date.created 2016
dc.date.issued 1939
dc.description The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590: 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract 1.The five strains of rickettsia are discussed and compared according to the criteria suggested by Pinkerton (1936). 2. It· is concluded that they fall into two groups: (a) Typhus group – endemic, murine or rat typhus. (b) Rocky Mountain spotted fever group - fievre boutonneuse, strains “Robertson”, “Appleton”, “Hare”, which are similar and show only minor strain differences. 3. A proposed nomenclature is discussed. en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Mason, JH & Alexander, RA 1939, ‘Studies of the Rickettsias of the Typhus-Rocky-Mountain-Spotted-Fever Group in South Africa. IV. Discussion and classification’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 67-76. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0330-2465
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/55670
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Pretoria : The Government Printer en_ZA
dc.rights © ARC – Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © University of Pretoria. Department of Library Services (digital). en_ZA
dc.subject Veterinary medicine en_ZA
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.title Studies of the rickettsias of the Typhus-Rocky-Mountain-Spotted-Fever group in South Africa. IV. Discussion and classification en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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