LATENT INFECTIONS IN MONKEYS WITH RADIATION SICKNESS INDUCED BY FRACTIONAL IRRADIATION

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1962 · Meditsinskaya Radiologiya (U.S.S.R.) For English translation see Med. Radiol., USSR

OSTI ID:4782466

Dzhikidze, E K; Aksenova, A S

ABS>Work was carried out on 29 monkeys, most of them carriers of dysentery bacteria, subjected to multifold action of roentgen (12 monkeys) and gamma rays (l7 monkeys) in daily doses of 16-26 and 34 r. A very early appearance of symptoms of radiation sickness was observed, which by clinical and morphological manifestations resembled an acute radiation process. 26 out of 29 morkeys died in periods of 27 to 95 days from the start of the experiments, the total doses ranging from 450 to 1699 r, At different periods after the irradiation 25 monkeys developed infectious complications, in the majority of cases associated with activation of latent dysenteric infection (18 monkeys). The course of infectious processes against the background of radiation sickness was frequently of an atypical nature with scarce manifestations of the main symptoms of the disease. (auth)

• Research Organization: Inst. of Experimental Pathology and Therapy, Academy of Medical Sciences, USSR
• NSA Number: NSA-16-016295
• OSTI ID: 4782466
• Journal Information: Meditsinskaya Radiologiya (U.S.S.R.) For English translation see Med. Radiol., USSR, Journal Name: Meditsinskaya Radiologiya (U.S.S.R.) For English translation see Med. Radiol., USSR Vol. Vol: 7: No. 3; ISSN MERAA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: Russian

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BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
GAMMA RADIATION
INFECTIONS
LIFETIME
MONKEYS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION SICKNESS
X RADIATION