The present status of laboratory research in trachoma

The present status of laboratory research in trachoma is summarized. The principal factors which have retarded research on this disease have been the lack of a suitable experimental animal and the failure of tissue-culture methods to provide serial cultures of the virus. Some avenues of investigatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1958, Vol.19 (1), p.129-152
1. Verfasser: THYGESON, P
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The present status of laboratory research in trachoma is summarized. The principal factors which have retarded research on this disease have been the lack of a suitable experimental animal and the failure of tissue-culture methods to provide serial cultures of the virus. Some avenues of investigation for the future are suggested.
ISSN:0042-9686