PERSISTENCE OF THE VIRUS OF POLIOMYELITIS IN THE NASOPHARYNX

The virus of poliomyelitis occurs in the nasopharynx of man and monkeys. In man it has been detected by the inoculation test in washings from acute cases, rarely in similar washings from healthy contacts, in the nasopharyngeal tissues obtained from fatal cases in the 1st week of infection, but rare...

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Main Authors: Flexner, Simon, Amoss, Harold L.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1919
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2126342/