Cholera Infantum

"Bilivaccin-Cholera" versus Commercial Cholera Vaccine

2 died of natural causes before the experiment was completed. 1 died with 2 M. L,. D's. given on the 9th day after the last dose of vaccine. 1 died with 3 M. L,. D's. given on the 26th day after the last dose of vaccine. 1 died with 3 M. L,. D's. given on the 36th day after the last dose of vaccine. 3 survived with 2 M. L,. D's. given on the 44th, 22nd and 19th day, respectively, after the last...

Technical considerations of cholera vaccines and some results of cholera - El-Tor mass immunization

Final comments on an interesting taxonomic dilemma: Leishmania infantum versus Leishmania infantum chagasi.

It is grateful to see that the new session “Readers’ opinion and discussion” created after my comments – “Leishmania infantum versus Leishmania chagasi: do not forget the law of priority” (Dantas-Torres 2006) – on the concise review article of Lainson and Rangel (2005) has emerged as the basis of an interesting debate on the aetiological agent of American visceral leishmaniasis, i.e., the taxon...

Fowl cholera.

Pasteurella multocida subspecies multocida is the most common cause of fowl cholera, although P. multocida subspecies septica and gallicida may also cause fowl cholera-like disease to some extent. However, the virulence properties of the different subspecies for various hosts have not been elucidated. The severity and incidence of P. multocida infections may vary considerably depending on sever...

Etymologia: Cholera

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