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IN a recent article (Bol. Of. San. Panamericana, 22, 400; 1943) Enrique Onetto, director of the Diagnostic Laboratory of the Chile Bacteriological Institute, discusses the historical aspects and present state of undulant fever in Chile. The disease was first diagnosed in that country in 1931, when it was found near Santiago, and in 1940 a new focus was discovered in the northern part of the country. The commonest variety is Brucella melitensis, though Br. abortus has also been isolated in cattle. The infection is most prevalent in the southern part of Chile. Since 1936 the Huddleson reaction has been performed systematically on all the sera received for the Widal reaction. In 1936 also the Department of Public Health created a permanent commission for the study of brucellosis composed of medical men, bacteriologists and veterinarians.
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Undulant Fever in Chile. Nature 153, 617 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153617b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153617b0