Isolation of smallpox virus from the nasopharynx of patients with variola sine eruptione
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In 2 out of 13 contacts of smallpox patients, variola virus was recovered from nasopharyngeal secretions on the 14th and the 18th day after the last contact. One of them was vaccinated, and showed transient prodromal symptoms, the other, who had never beee vaccinated did not show signs of illness. Evidence has been obtained from this investigation, that a few cases of smallpox during a local epidemic, which could not be explained by contact with a smallpox patient, may be explained by contact with a virus carrier. © 1952 N.V. Swets en Zeitlinger Boekhandel En Uitgeversmaatschappij.
TNO Identifier
226623
ISSN
00036072
Source
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 18(1), pp. 109-112.
Pages
109-112
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