A VIRUS RECOVERED FROM THE FECES OF "POLIOMYELITIS" PATIENTS PATHOGENIC FOR SUCKLING MICE

Abstract

A virus has been recovered from the feces of 2 children having symptoms similar to those of poliomyelitis. The virus is pathogenic for suckling mice and hamsters but not for rhesus monkeys. It induces striking lesions in the skeletal muscles of the exptl. animal but not in the central nervous system. Other viruses pathogenic for suckling mice have been isolated from several other outbreaks of a poliomyelitis-like disease, including one large urban epidemic.