STUDIES ON INFECTIVE PARTICLE IN AIR-BORNE TUBERCULOSIS .1. OBSERVATIONS IN MICE INFECTED WITH A BOVINE STRAIN OF M. TUBERCULOSIS
- 1 January 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier
- Vol. 85 (1) , 33-+
- https://doi.org/10.1164/arrd.1962.85.1.33
Abstract
Thirty-two mice were exposed to air-borne infection with tuberculosis and were killed at various intervals after infection. In the lungs of 2 mice killed immediately and of one killed 24 hours after infection, short acid-fast bacilli were found which are thought to represent the infective component of droplet nuclei. The possible role of the short rods and coccoid forms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the propagation of the infection is discussed. The importance of the lungs of small animals for the study of air-borne infection with tuberculosis is emphasized.Keywords
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