Date of Award:
5-1957
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Biology
Department name when degree awarded
Bacteriology and Public Health
Committee Chair(s)
John E. Butcher
Committee
John E. Butcher
Abstract
Q fever, as a recognized clinical entity, is often referred to as a new disease of man. Pneumonic in character but lacking clean-cut pathognomic characteristics, in all probability Q fever has been confused in the past with influenza, primary atypical pneumonia (1), or included as an undifferentiated disease under "virus pneumonia." Geddis Smith (2), writing in 1941, stated:
...influenza, pneumonia, "pleurisy", or bronchitis ... form a nosological jungle in which bacteria and viruses roam at will, despoiling the human race and defying both classification and control. Symptoms overlap and no one knows how many different diseases lurk behind them.
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Recommended Citation
Blank, Carl H., "A Survey to Determine the Incidence of Antibodies Against Q Fever in Persons in Utah" (1957). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2736.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2736
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