A description of eight zoonotic diseases investigated at the Division of Virus Research, lnstitute for Medical Research, is given. They include leptospirosis, rabies, influenza, Japanese encephalitis, toxoplasmosis, ornithosis, Q fever and monkeypox. Of these, Q fever and monkeypox were found to be of little public health significance in this country. Ornithosis in large populat ion~ of pigeons...
