IS BACTERIUM ABORTUS PATHOGENIC FOR HUMAN BEINGS?
- 27 March 1926
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 86 (13) , 943-944
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1926.02670390023010
Abstract
The remarkable discovery made by Evans,1that the causative organism of undulant fever in man and that of Bang's abortion disease in cattle were similar if not identical, has brought forth considerable confirmatory evidence in this country and in Europe. These findings have served as a stimulus to observe more closely the possibility of man acquiring a fever from handling or ingesting material containingBacterium abortus. Already many cases of illness in man in which the main symptom was characterized by recurrent fever have been cleared by the proper application of the knowledge that Evans has given us. Cooledge2was probably the first to conduct experiments to determine the possibility ofBacterium abortusinfecting man. At the time, he had no knowledge as to the relation ofMicrococcus melitensistoBacterium abortus, or what the nature of the disease would be if infection took place. The serologic testsKeywords
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