The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 75, 1-6,
Copyright, 1942, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
PERIODIC EXAMINATION OF SEWAGE FOR THE VIRUS OF POLIOMYELITIS
James D. Trask M.D.1,
John R. Paul M.D.1, and
With the Technical Assistance of John T. Riordan
1 From the Department of Pediatrics and the Section of Preventive Medicine of the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven
From a series of tests covering 15 months, another instance is recorded of the detection of the virus of poliomyelitis in urban sewage.
It has not yet been possible to detect the virus of poliomyelitis in sewage during non-epidemic periods.
It is likely that the periodic sampling of sewage for pathogenic viruses or bacteria may be a method of epidemiological value.
Submitted on September 1, 1941