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Maver, M. B. Transmission of Spotted Fever by Ticks in Nature. Jour. Infec. 

 Diseases Vol. 8: no. 3, Apr. 12, 1911. Ticks gathered from cows in Montana 

 infected guinea pigs in the laboratory. 



Maver, M. B. Transmission of Spotted Fever by other than Montana and Idaho 

 Ticks. Jour. Infec. Diseases Vol. 8, No. 3, Apr. 12, 1911. Beside the Montana 

 tick D. vemistus and the Idaho tick, D. modestus, three other species, D. viarginatus, 

 Utah, and D. variabilis, Mass. and Amblyomma americanum, Mo. were found to be 

 capable of transmitting the disease. 



Merriman, G. The Geographical Distribution of Ornithodoros moubata. Parasit. 

 June 1911. Gives maps and list of localities. 



Moore, J. J. Time Relationships of the Wood-tick in the Transmission of Rocky 

 Mountain Spotted Fever. Jour. Infec. Diseases Vol. 8, no. 3, Apr. 12, 1911. Mini- 

 mum time for tick to infect guinea pig 1 hr. 45 minutes, average time about 10 hours; 

 20 hours almost constantly infective. Time necessary for a tick to become infected 

 from feeding on a guinea pig about 25 hours. In nature this time may be much 

 shorter. Minimum incubation period in tick not determined. 



Neumann, L. G. Ixodidte. Das Tierreich, Lieferung 26, 1911. Important mono- 

 graph. 



Nuttall, G. H. F. and Merriman, G. The process of Copulation in Ornithodoros 

 moubata. Parasit. IV, 1, Mar. 1911, p. 39. 



Nuttall, G. H. F. On the Adaptation of Ticks to the Habits of Their Hosts. 

 Parasit. IV, 1, Mar. 1911, p. 46. Separates the ticks into groups according to their 

 habits and shows how they are particularly adapted to their special mode of life. 



Nuttall, G. H. F. On Symptoms Following Tick-bites in Man. Parasit. June 

 1911. Suggests the name "tick-bite fever" for a fever that frequently follows the 

 bites of ticks. 



Nuttall, G. H. F. Parasitology IV: Oct. 1911. Notes on Ticks I. (1) Ixodes 

 caledonicus, description of male, together with considerations regarding the structure 

 of the foot in Ixodes. (2) Types of parasitism in ticks, illustrated by a diagram, 

 together with some remarks upon longevity in ticks. (3) Regarding the loss of 

 life in ticks occurring on wandering hosts. 



Sant'Anna, J. F. A Disease in Man Following Tick-bites and occurring in Lou- 

 renco Marques. Parasit. June 1911. A disease similar to Spirochsetosis believed 

 to be due to bite of ticks. 



Theiler, A. Diseases, Ticks and Their Eradication. Agric. Jour, of the Union 

 of S. Africa, Vol. I, No. 4, May 1911. Discusses the organisms which cause various 

 diseases of domestic animals in Africa and the ticks which transmit them. 



Theiler, A. Transmission of Amakebe by means of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, 

 the Brown Tick. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 84: 569 July 20, 1911. Jour. Trop. Med. 

 and Hyg. XIV: 18 Sept. 15, 1911. This disease same as East Coast fever and is 

 shown to be transmitted by this tick. 



Watkins-Pitchford, H. Dipping and Tick-destroying Agents. Agricul. Jour, 

 of Union of S. Africa Vol. II, No. 1, July 1911. Summary of two previous reports 

 which were published in Natal Agr.;Jour., a full comprehensive account of experi- 

 ments to prove that a system of dipping will check an invasion of East Coast fever 

 or an outbreak of scab. Believes that the ticks can be eradicated. 



Oriental Sore 



Wenyon, C. M. Report of Six Months' Work of the Expedition to Bagdad on 

 the Subject of Oriental Sore. Jour. Trop. Med. and Hyg. XIV: 7 Apr. 1, 1911, 

 (From Rept. of Advisory Com. for Trop. Research Fund for 1910). Believes that 

 the disease may be carried mechanically by houseflies, passing from these boils to 



