title: South African tick-bite fever (1931-1981).
abstract: An historical survey is given of the personalities and events connected with the discovery and investigation of tick-bite fever in South Africa over the past half-century.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000266:history* / Q000635:transmission; D013019:South Africa; D013986:Tick Toxicoses / Q000266:history*