A Bacillary Infection of the Copulatory Apparatus of Pediculus humanus

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1 March 1921

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Parasitology

Vol. 13 (1) , 25-26
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000012269

Abstract

In the paper on the association of Rickettsia with Trench Fever, by Arkwright, Bacot and Duncan (1919) mention is made of a bacillary infection of the excreta and guts of lice (Pediculus humcmus). A Gram-negative cocco-bacillus was isolated in pure culture. It was non-motile, fermented glucose, mannite and lactose very slowly, and formed acid and clot in milk in about 14 days.

Keywords

BACILLARY INFECTION
PEDICULUS HUMCMUS
COCCO BACILLUS
PEDICULUS HUMANUS
NEGATIVE COCCO
TRENCH FEVER
PURE CULTURE
FERMENTED GLUCOSE

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The Association of Rickettsia with Trench Fever
Epidemiology and Infection, 1919