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Ultrastructural studies of Rickettsia prowazeki from louse midgut cells to feces: search for "dormant" forms.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 10 ·No. 1 ·1974-07-00 ·Pages 257-63

Silverman DJ, Boese JL, Wisseman CL

Abstract

An electron microscope study of infected human louse gut cells and feces was made to determine whether a valid correlation exists between the increased resistance of Rickettsia prowazeki (in the louse feces) to adverse environmental influences and changes in the organism which might be reflected in its ultrastructure. Upon fine structural examination of this intracellular parasite as it passed from the louse midgut cell to the feces, it was apparent that no such morphological changes had occurred.

MeSH Terms
Animals Disease Outbreaks Disease Vectors Feces/microbiology Intestines/microbiology Microscopy, Electron Phthiraptera Rickettsia prowazekii/cytology Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne/microbiology
Authors & Affiliations
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Silverman D J
Boese J L
Wisseman C L
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Article Info
Journal
Infection and immunity
Abbr.
Infect Immun
ISSN
0019-9567
DOI
10.1128/iai.10.1.257-263.1974
Published
1974-07-00
Pages
257-63
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0246127
PMCID
PMC414986
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/iai.10.1.257-263.1974 PMC Full Text View journal details
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