Relationships between the Flying Fox (Genus Pteropus ) and Arthropod-borne Fevers of North Queensland

Relationships between the Flying Fox (Genus Pteropus ) and Arthropod-borne Fevers of North Queensland

DURING field investigations by one of us (L. C. R.) there was observed a fairly close relation in season and place with areas of the city of Townsville, North Queensland, Australia, in which an extensive epidemic of dengue fever occurred during the months of December 1953 to March 1954.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1955-09, Vol.176 (4479), p.472-472
Hauptverfasser: O'CONNOR, J. L, ROWAN, L. C, LAWRENCE, J. J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Arthropods
Chiroptera
Dengue - transmission
Fever
Humanities and Social Sciences
letter
multidisciplinary
Old Medline
Queensland
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
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Zusammenfassung:DURING field investigations by one of us (L. C. R.) there was observed a fairly close relation in season and place with areas of the city of Townsville, North Queensland, Australia, in which an extensive epidemic of dengue fever occurred during the months of December 1953 to March 1954.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/176472a0