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The occurrence of Rickettsia-like bodies in the Reduviid bug Triatoma rubrofasciata and their transmission to laboratory animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

J. Lewis Webb
J. Lewis Webb
Affiliation:
Bacteriological Laboratory, Medical and Health Department, Mauritius
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1. Rickettsia-like bodies are recorded from the reduviid bug, Triatoma rubrofasciata.

2. These Rickettsiae are capable of being transmitted hereditarily and have been found in the unhatched embryos and larvae of the bug.

3. They produce pathological lesions in laboratory animals and can be maintained for at least five passages through guinea-pigs.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , November 1940 , pp. 355 - 360
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1940

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