To facilitate the collection of ectoparasites from trapped rats, an ectoparasite collecting device has been made, utilizing the suction provided by the windshield wiping mechanism of an automobile (figure 1).
The chronicle of house fly (Muscadom estica Linn.) resistance to or tolerance for insecticides has passed the point of recounting as an interesting phenomenon and now is depressing to read. Since first documented by Wiesmann (1) and Sacca (2) in 1947...
Although the U. S. Public Health Service deserves a large share of the credit for initiating and maintaining surveys in the search for wild rodent plague foci, it has not been responsible for all of the field or laboratory accomplishments in this cou...
Thurman, Deed C.; Husbands, R. C.; Mortenson, E . W.; Rosay, Bettina;
Corporate Authors:
Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
Published Date:
November 1951
Source:
CDC Bull. 1951 Nov;10(11):18-23.
Series:
CDC bulletin ; v. X, no. 11, p. 18-23
Description:
Mosquitoes in irrigated pastures in California have been a major reason for one of the most intensive large-scale insect abatement programs ever organized in the interest of public health and community welfare. The program has expended millions of do...
The question of what effect antibiotics have upon the Weil-Feiix and complement fixation titers in rickettsial infections has concerned laboratory workers for some time. Although numerous studies have been made on the subject, the data as a rule have...
In May 1950, aid for a cooperative program to control dysentery and diarrhea, through fly control measures, was made available to Kentucky by the Communicable Disease Center.
Prior to January 1948, evaluation of field training of public health workers consisted principally of observation by staff personnel of T raining Services, CDC, and suggestions of trainees and health officials. At that time the need for a more object...
During the la s t century many Federal and State executive departments and agencies have successively been charged with responsibilities relating to the development, utilization, and conservation of the Nation’s water resources. Progress in coordin...