TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Prologue                                               H.E. Lieutenant General JesusVargas

Secretary General, SEATO

i

Read Admiral Samrit Jatinandana

Director General, SEATO Medical

Research Project

ii

Introduction                                          LTC Leslie B. Altstatt, MC

Director, US Army Medical

Component, SEATO

iii

I. Scientific Reports

 

Virus Diseases of Man and Animals

1

            Ecology of Japanese Encephalitis Virus

3

            Ecology of Japanese Encephalitis Vectors

11

Combined Investigation of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in an  Urban

Population

14

Combined Investigation of Central Nervous System Infection in Bangkok

Children

23

            Bangkok Dengue Vectors

25

            Laboratory Study of Arboviruses

26

            Longitudinal Surveillance of Respiratory Viruses in Bangkok

34

            The Etiology of Lower Respirctory Tract Infection in American Troops

37

            Experimental Infection of the Gibbon with Influenza Virus

38

            Ecology of Arboviruses in Thailand

45

            Vertebrate Ecology

50

Ecological and Epidemiological Survey for Rabies Virus in Cave Bat

Populations

54

            Surveys of Domestic and Sylvatic Animals For Rabies Virus Infections

55

            Indirect Fluorescent Rabies Virus Antibody Test

56

            Feeding Habits and Preferences of Adult Mosquitoes-Aedes albopictus

57

 

 

Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases of Man and Animals

59

            Mycotic Diseases

61

            Diarrheal Diseases

67

            Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Thai Children

78

            Acute Pneumonitis in Thai Children

80

            Wound Infections

81

            Melioidosis

83

            Insecticde Susceptibility in Thai Oriental House Fly

(Musca domestica vicina) in Thailand

88

            Insecticde Tolerance Level of Fleas from Southeast Asia

91

Distribution and Ecology of Ectoparasites of Vertebrates in Southeast Asia       

97

            Plague Occurrence in Wild and Domestic Rodents and their Fleas

106

            Pasteurella pestis Infection in Humans

108

 

 

 

 

 

Parasitic Infections of Man and Animals

109

            Pathology of Domestic Animals of Thailand

111

            A Search for the Snail of Schistosomiasis in Southern Thailand

115

            A Study of Simian Malaria in Animals Treated with Serum from Chronic

Plasmodium coatneyi and Plasmodium inui Infections

116

            Increased Susceptibility of Rats to Plasmodium berghei after Treatment

Designed to Induce Immunologic Tolerance

122

Studies on the Effect of a Serum Permeability Substance Produced During

Malaria Infection on Platelets in vitro

124

            Red Cell Survival in Simian Malaria after Chemoterapy

126

The Fate of Plasma Hemoglobin in Macaca mulatta Infected with

Plasmodium coatneyi

128

Studies of the Soluble Antigen Fluorescent Antibody (SAFA) Test for

Filariasis

130

            The Gibbon as a Host for the Canine Heartworm

133

            Eosinophillic Meningoencephalitis inThailand

137

            Serologic Response in Human Fasciolopsiasis

139

            Phaneropsolus  bonnei

141

Description of Fasciolopsis buski Infection in Thailand by Use of a Catalytic

Model

143

            Proteolytic Activity in Trichinella spiralis Larval Secretions

148

            Susceptibillity of Laboratory Animals to Brugia tupaia

152

            The Morphology of Gnathostoma doloresi Advanced Third-stage Larvae

153

A study of the Morphology and Life Cycle of Gnathostoma  vietnamicum

and of the Prevalence of infection and Renal Pathology in the Definitve host, the River Otter (Aonyx cinerea Illiger)

156

            Chemotherapy of Gnathostomiasis

157

Transcutaneous Infection by Gnathostoma spinigerum

160

Studies of New Experimental Host, Life Cycles and Modes of Transmission

of Gnathostomes

165

Infectivity of Gnathostoma spinigerum Fully Developed Larvae and

Gnathostoma hispidum Advanced Third-Stage Larvae in Primates

171

 

 

Metabolic Diseases of Man and Animals

173

            Encephalopathy and Fatty Degeneration of the Viscera in Thai Children

175

            Ammonia Metabolism : Reye’s Syndrome as a Model for Elevated Ammonia

184

            Pathology of Diseases Common in Thailand

187

Nutritional and Health Requirements for Development and Maintenance of

Conventional Animal Colonies

189

            Gibbon Menstrual Cycle and Breeding Study

210

            Growth and Development of the Gibbon

216

            Behavior and Ecology of Gibbons on Kied Kaeo Island

220

            Bovine Infertility Study

221

 

 

 

 

Rickettsial Diseases of Man and Animals

225

            Survey of Rickettsial Diseases in Thialand

227

 

 

Psychiatry and Behavioral Studies

229

            Prevalence Survey of Disease in Mae Sariang

231

An investigation of Clinlcal and Psychometric Techniques in the study of

Cerebral Dysfunction

245

            Disease Morbidity and Culture in an Ethnically Mixed Neighborhood

246

            A Study of the Normal American Family in Thaland      

247

            Advisor/Counterpart Relationships : An Organizational Analysis

248

Organizational Analysis of Srithunya Hospital : Community Attitudes

Towards Schizophrenic Patients in Thailand

249

Psychiatric Evaluation of North Thai-Lua’ People : How this Evaluation is

Influenced by the Experience and the Culture of the Observers

254

 

 

Field Studies in Malaria

259

            Serologic Studies in Human Malaria     

261

            The Fate of Fibrinogen in Malaria

262

Malaria and the Nervous System : Cerebral Haemodynamics and Metabolism

in Patient with Malaria and Central Nervous System Symptoms :

The Response of the Diseased Cerebrovascular System to 5 % Carbon Dioxide Inhalation and Hyperventilation

264

            Interaction of Plasmodium falciparum and Convalescent Serum in vitro

265

            Mosquito Fauna of Thailand

269

            Mosquto Vectors of Malaria

275

 

 

II.  Services

276

III. Index of Principal Investigators

284