STORY OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER, THE

Duration: 29 min

Year Published: 1969

Creator: National Medical Audiovisual Center (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)

Color: Color

Sound: Optical sound

Description: Shows the tick life-cycle, rodent poisoning, cattle dipping and tick parasite, and liberation. Demonstrates the discovery of the yolk SAC vaccine and the advent of the therapeutic antibiotics. Shows epidemiologic studies undertaken, diagnostic services rendered to physicians, and recommendations for protection of exposed people.