RELATION OF VIRULENCE OF PNEUMOCOCCAL STRAINS FOR MICE TO THE QUANTITY OF CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE FORMED IN VITRO
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- 1 July 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 92 (1) , 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.92.1.1
Abstract
The amount of capsular polysaccharide formed in vitro by strains of pneumococcus types II, III, and VII of different virulence for mice has been measured by quantitative precipitin reactions. The quantity produced by strains of high virulence was greater for all three types than that formed by moderately virulent or avirulent strains.Keywords
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