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. 1931 Jun 30;54(1):129-44.
doi: 10.1084/jem.54.1.129.

PSITTACOSIS : IV. EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED INFECTIONS IN MONKEYS

T M Rivers  1 , G P Berry
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PSITTACOSIS : IV. EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED INFECTIONS IN MONKEYS

T M Rivers et al. J Exp Med. .

Abstract

The virus of psittacosis inoculated intratracheally or intranasally in monkeys produces a pneumonia similar to that caused by the same active agent in man. Intracerebral inoculation of the virus induces a meningo-encephalitis characterized principally by a mononuclear reaction in the meninges. Indirect evidence has been adduced to show that the portal of entry of the virus in man is the upper respiratory tract.

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