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Leprosy control program
  • Published Date:
    January 1951
  • Source:
    CDC Bull. 1951 Jan;10(1):4-7.
  • Series:
    CDC bulletin ; v. X, no. 1, p. 4-7
  • Language:
    English
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    1. A Method for rapid identification of mosquitoes from light trap collections
      Personal Author:
      Thompson, George A.
      Corporate Author:
      Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
      Published:
      January 1951
      Source:
      CDC Bull. 1951 Jan;10(1):18-19.
      Series:
      CDC bulletin ; v. X, no. 1, p. 18-19
      Description:
      The method of rapid identification of mosquitoes from light trap collections, employs a foot-operated device for focusing a dissecting microscope and an especially constructed trough for holding mosquitoes within the field of vision on the microscope...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.30 MB]
    2. The Public health laboratory of the future
      Personal Author:
      Vonderlehr, R. A. (Raymond Aloysius), b. 1897.
      Corporate Author:
      Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
      Published:
      January 1951
      Source:
      CDC Bull. 1951 Jan;10(1):1-4
      Series:
      CDC bulletin ; v. X, no. 1, p. 1-4
      Description:
      In uncertain times such as these, it is hazardous to predict events even in the near future. To foretell happenings 10 to 20 years hence is even more dangerous. Inspite of political changes, however, the human race is certain to require public health...
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.47 MB]
    3. The Role of the local public health nurse in Hansen's disease control
      Personal Author:
      Carroll, L. Dorothy
      Corporate Author:
      Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
      Published:
      January 1951
      Source:
      CDC Bull. 1951 Jan;10(1):8-11.
      Series:
      CDC bulletin ; v. X, no. 1, p. 8-11
      Description:
      The role that local public health nurses will play in Hansen’s disease control programs will depend on a variety of factors. These include the extent of the problem in the area, the health department’s control program, and the attitude of the ent...
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.70 MB]
    4. Distribution of domestic rats with murine typhus antibodies in the United States
      Personal Author:
      Mohr, Carl O. (Carl Otto), 1902-; Good, Newell E.;
      Corporate Author:
      Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
      Published:
      January 1951
      Source:
      CDC Bull. 1951 Jan;10(1):13-18.
      Series:
      CDC bulletin ; v. X, no. 1, p. 13-18
      Description:
      When cooperative State-Federal DDT dusting programs were initiated in the southeastern States for control of murine typhus fever, an evaluation program also was initiated to measure results. On these State programs, rats were caught, and blood was dr...
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      Filetype[PDF - 3.25 MB]
    5. Bovine tuberculosis in the United States
      Personal Author:
      Steele, James H.
      Corporate Author:
      Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
      Published:
      January 1951
      Source:
      CDC Bull. 1951 Jan;10(1):11-12.
      Series:
      CDC bulletin ; v. X, no. 1, p. 11-12
      Description:
      Tuberculosis in cattle has continued to decline, except during World War II, since the inauguration of the Federal control program known a s the Accredited Herd Plan of Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication in 1917. In 1917 it was officially estimated that...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.42 MB]
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