Isolation, cultivation, and partial characterization of the ELB agent associated with cat fleas

ELB rickettsiae from cat flea homogenates were recovered in tissue culture cells following sequential passage through laboratory rats and the yolk sacs of embryonated chicken eggs. Seven days after inoculation of ELB from the infected yolk sacs, Vero cells and L929 cells were observed to contain int...

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