Experimental Infection of Flies with Human Poliomyelitis Virus.
- 1 June 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 65 (2), 342-346
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-65-15955
Abstract
Human poliomyelitis virus, as naturally present in stools of polio-myelitic patients, has been fed to blow flies, Phormia regina. After this feeding, virus was found in the flies for 2 weeks, and in their excreta for 3 weeks. Results of this type were not encountered when murinc-adapted strains of poliomyelitis virus and Theiler''s TO strain of spontaneous en-cephalomyelitis of mice were used. These strains behaved like biologically inert material, such as carmine, in P. regina, Phaenicia sericata and Sarcophaga bullata; following their in-gestion they were found in gradually decreasing quantities for 5 days.Keywords
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