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. 1923 Nov 30;38(6):691-4.
doi: 10.1084/jem.38.6.691.

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE ETIOLOGY OF TYPHUS FEVER : V. SURVIVAL OF THE VIRUS IN COLLODION SACS IMPLANTED INTRAABDOMINALLY IN GUINEA PIGS

P K Olitsky  1 , J E McCartney
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE ETIOLOGY OF TYPHUS FEVER : V. SURVIVAL OF THE VIRUS IN COLLODION SACS IMPLANTED INTRAABDOMINALLY IN GUINEA PIGS

P K Olitsky et al. J Exp Med. .

Abstract

The typhus virus contained in the blood of guinea pigs at the height of the experimental disease remains infective for 31 days in collodion sacs placed within the abdominal cavity of guinea pigs.

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