TY - JOUR
AU - MAZZOTTI, LUIS
AB - TRANSMISSION EXPERIMENTS WITH SPIROCHAETA TURICATAE AND S. VENEZUELENSIS WITH FOUR SPECIES OF ORNITHODOROS B Y LUIS MAZZOTTI (Received for publication April 19th, 1943) Many authors agree that tick-borne MATERIALS AND METHODS relapsing fevers are caused by several Source of material of spirochetes. The differentia- species The two strains of spirochetes used tion of these species of spirochetes is (S. venezuelensis and S. turicatae) were based fundamentally on their host speci- obtained from Ornithodoros venezuelensis ficity with respect to Ornithodoros, as was and 0. turicatae, which were found ' demonstrated by Brumpt (1) in his infected naturally and which were col- studies of various species of Ornithodoros lected in Giron (Santander), Colombia and spirochetes from different countries and in Aguascalientes (Ags.), Mexico. and by Davis (2). The latter has shown 0. furcosus is abundant in some locali- that an absolute specificity exists among ties in the interior valleys of Ecuador. 0. turicata, 0. parkeri and 0. hermsi and Dr. Luis A. Leon showed us this species their respective spirochetes, and has in Sangolqui, and later we collected this consequently given specific status to the species in Tumbaco and in Giron, spirochetes of 0. parkeri and 0. hermsi; Ecuador. In these 
TI - TRANSMISSION EXPERIMENTS WITH SPIROCHAETA TURICATAE AND S. VENEZUELENSIS WITH FOUR SPECIES OF ORNITHODOROS
JF - American Journal of Epidemiology
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a118882
DA - 1943-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/transmission-experiments-with-spirochaeta-turicatae-and-s-DoeEhVxFgd
SP - 203
EP - 206
VL - 38
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -