Susceptibility of Laboratory Animals to Infection by Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae.

摘要

An attempt was made to find suitable laboratory animals as alternative models for the study of the spotted fever group of rickettsiae. Several species, including Mus musculus, Cavia porcellus, Mustelo furo, Meriones unquiculatus, Merocricetus auratus, Sylvilagus spp, Sigmodon hispicus, Ovis aries and Suis scrofa, were examined. Of the animals tested, only certain strains of laboratory mice (M. musculus) and the Hartley strain guinea pig (C. porcellus) exhibited overtly the desired characteristics of disease. (Author)