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The nature of tick fever in the eastern part of the Congo Free State.
Brit. med. J., 2, 1259-60. 1905.
Independently of Ross and Milne, Dutton and Todd demonstrated relapsing fever in monkeys conveyed by infected ticks, Omithodorus moubata. The organism was named Sp. (now Borrelia) duttoni. Both Dutton and Todd contracted the disease, and the former died of it before the paper was published.
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BACTERIOLOGY › BACTERIA (mostly pathogenic; sometimes indexed only to genus) › Spirochetes › Borrelia COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Congo, Democratic Republic of theINFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Lice-Borne Diseases › Relapsing FeverINFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Tick-Borne DiseasesTROPICAL Medicine
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| Entry Number | #5318 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/6610 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
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