Elementary-Body Virus Isolated from Clinical Trachoma in California

Elementary-Body Virus Isolated from Clinical Trachoma in California

From an adult white resident of California with clinically typical early trachoma a virus was isolated by growth in embryonated eggs. Morphologically and serologically the virus belongs in the psittacosis-lymphogranuloma group. When it is instilled into monkey eyes it produces acute follicular conju...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1959-11, Vol.130 (3385), p.1339-1340
Hauptverfasser: Hanna, L., Thygeson, P., Jawetz, E., Dawson, C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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California
Conjunctivitis
Eggs
Inclusion bodies
Old Medline
Ophthalmic solutions
Trachoma
Trachoma - virology
Viruses
Yolk sac
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Zusammenfassung:From an adult white resident of California with clinically typical early trachoma a virus was isolated by growth in embryonated eggs. Morphologically and serologically the virus belongs in the psittacosis-lymphogranuloma group. When it is instilled into monkey eyes it produces acute follicular conjunctivitis with typical inclusion bodies.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.130.3385.1339