The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 38, 691-694,
Copyright, 1923, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE ETIOLOGY OF TYPHUS FEVER
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V. SURVIVAL OF THE VIRUS IN COLLODION SACS IMPLANTED INTRAABDOMINALLY IN GUINEA PIGS.
Peter K. Olitsky M.D.1 and
James E. McCartney M.D.1
1 From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
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.
Submitted on June 26, 1923