Isolation of an Apparently New Virus from Two Fatal Pneumonia Cases
- 21 September 1945
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 102 (2647) , 301-302
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.102.2647.301
Abstract
New and identical viruses were isolated from 2 fatal cases of pneumonia by inoculation of mice intranasally with a suspension of the lung tissues. This produced consolidation of the lungs and congestion of the spleen, liver and mesenteric glands. Subcut, injn. killed about 8% of the mice. Intracerebral inoculation caused encephalitis. The virus readily passed through Berkefeld N or W filters. Immunol. tests showed that this "Illinois" virus differed from the psittacosis, ornithosis and menin-gopneumonitis viruses.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- FURTHER LABORATORY STUDIES ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF PSITTACOSIS-LIKE AGENTSThe Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1944