Undulant Fever In Man. Report Of A Case Due To Brucella Abortus
Authors: WILLIAM R. VIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1930)

Article1 January 1930Undulant Fever In Man. Report Of A Case Due To Brucella AbortusWILLIAM R. VIS, M.D.WILLIAM R. VIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-3-7-714 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAbout twenty-five years ago1 attention was directed toward the Island of Malta because of the prevalence there of undulant fever.2 An intensive study proved that goats harbored the disease and that raw goat's milk was capable of transmitting the infection to man.3The infecting organism was identified as Brucella melitensis4 and the diagnosis of the infection was simplified by the development of serum agglutination tests5.The study of Brucella melitensis has not been confined to Malta and adjacent Mediterranean regions but has now embraced grazing areas in every continent. In the United States the disease was found to be common...Bibliography1 Report of Commission for the Investigation of Med. Fever, 1905-1907. Google Scholar2 EYRE JW: The Incidence of Med. Fever in Malta. The Lancet, Jan. 13, 1912, p. 88. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 CRAIG CF: International Clinics, 1905, 89. Google Scholar4 BRUCE D: Practitioner, London, 39, 161, 1887. Google Scholar5 HUDDLESON IF: Rapid Macroscopic Agglutination for the Serum Diagnosis of Bang's Abortion Dis., Reprint, Jr. Infectious Dis., 42, No. 3, Mar. 1928, pp. 242-247. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 GENTRY ER: Endemic Malta Fever in Texas. Jr. A. M. A., 57, 889, Sept. 9, 1911. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 GENTRY ER: Endemic Malta Fever in Texas. Jr. A. M. A., 57, 1045, Sept. 23, 1911. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 WATKINS WW: Malta Fever. Jr. A. M. A., 89, 1851, Nov. 5, 1927. Google Scholar9 HARDY AV: Undulant Fever. Jr. A. M. A., 92, 853, Mar. 16, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 HUDDLESON IF: The Differentiation of the Species of the Genus Brucella. Reprint Symposium on Undulant Fever, Annl. Meet. Am. Public Health Ass'n., Chicago, Oct. 1928. Google Scholar11 EVANS AC: Studies of Br. Melitensis. Bull. 143, Hyg. Lab. U. S. P. H. S., 1925. Google Scholar12 HUDDLESON IF: The Present Position of Abor. Mel. Infections. Report Am. Ass'ns. of Medical Milk Com., June 11, 1928. Google Scholar13 HUDDLESON IF: Is Bacterium Abortus Pathogenic for Human Beings? Reprint Jn. A. M. A., Mar. 27, 1926, Vol. 86, pp. 943 and 944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14 MCALPINE JG: Bacterium Abortus in Man. Am. Jn. Pub. Health, 18, 609, May, 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15 KING MJ: Brucella Abortus in Milk Supply as a Source of Agglutinins in Human Sera. Am. Jn. Med. Science, 178, 115, July, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: WILLIAM R. VIS, M.D. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBang-Infektion des Menschen 1 January 1930Volume 3, Issue 7Page: 714-716KeywordsBrucellaFeversInfectious diseasesMilk ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1930 PDF downloadLoading ...