TY - JOUR
AU1 - ROBBINS, FREDERICK C.
AU2 - RUSTIGIAN, ROBERT
AB - Q FEVER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA: REPORT OF ITS OCCURRENCE IN ALLIED TROOPS IV. A LABOBATOEY OUTBREAK 1 B Y FREDERICK C. ROBBINS, Major, M.C., A.TJ.S., AND ROBERT RUSTIGIAN, 1st Lieutenant, Sn.C, A.TJ.S. (Received for publication May 3rd, 1946) During the months of June, July, and It will be seen that the personnel of August of 1945, 20 proven cases of in- the Virus Section, Medical Arts Detach- fection with the rickettsia of Mediter- ment, and Adjutant's Office were the ranean Q fever occurred among the per- most severely affected, and that few cases sonnel of the 15th Medical General Lab- occurred in the other sections. Of 6 oratory and attached units. At the time persons working in the Virus Section, all this outbreak occurred, extensive in- became ill. Three of the 4 men in the vestigations of this agent were being Adjutant's Office and 6 of the 14 mem- conducted by the Virus Section of the bers of the Medical Arts Detachment laboratory. The etiology of the disease were affected. There was one case each was confirmed by isolation of the rick- in the Bacteriology, Pathology, Utilities, ettsia from the blood of- many of the pa- and Transportation 
TI - Q FEVER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA: REPORT OF ITS OCCURRENCE IN ALLIED TROOPS
JF - American Journal of Epidemiology
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a119085
DA - 1946-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/q-fever-in-the-mediterranean-area-report-of-its-occurrence-in-allied-6irFTFJoP2
SP - 64
EP - 71
VL - 44
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -