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Science 11 May 1945:
Vol. 101. no. 2628, pp. 491 - 493
DOI: 10.1126/science.101.2628.491
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POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS IN FLY-CONTAMINATED FOOD COLLECTED AT AN EPIDEMIC

ROBERT WARD 1, JOSEPH L. MELNICK 1, and DOROTHY M. HORSTMANN 1

1 SECTION OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Poliomyelitis virus has been detected in food exposed to flies at homes of poliomyelitis patients within an epidemic area. This was achieved by feeding such exposed food to chimpanzees which developed subclinical infections or asymptomatic carrier states ascertained by positive stool tests in rhesus monkeys.


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PRESENT CONCEPTS AND RECENT ADVANCES IN ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS.
J. R. PAUL (1952)
Arch Intern Med 90, 271-279
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POSSIBLE DISSEMINATION OF POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS BY CARRIERS.
L. P. GEBHARDT and J. D. WOODIE (1948)
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 76, 192-195
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SEARCH FOR EXTRAHUMAN SOURCES OF POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS.
T. FRANCIS Jr., G. C. BROWN, and L. R. PENNER (1948)
JAMA 136, 1088-1093
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THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF POLIOMYELITIS: Problems at Home and Among the Armed Forces Abroad.
A. B. SABIN (1947)
JAMA 134, 749-756
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PROGRESS IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY FOR 1945 A Review Prepared by an Editorial Board of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: XI. INFANTILE PARALYSIS: RESEARCH.
J. A. TOOMEY (1947)
Arch Surg 54, 459-476
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES: ELEVENTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS.
H. A. REIMANN (1945)
Arch Intern Med 76, 178-188
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