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Successful transfer of the Lansing strain of poliomyelitis virus from the cotton rat to the white mouse.

Publication Details

Publ. Hlth. Rep. (Wash), 54, 2302-05. Washington, DC, 1939 CE.

Armstrong adapted the Lansing strain of poliomyelitis to the cotton rat and then to the mouse, greatly facilitating experimental work on the disease.

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Entry Number#4671.2
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/878
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External URLsuccessful-transfer-of-the-lansing-strain-of-poliomyelitis-virus-from-the-cotton-rat-to-the-white-mouse

Geographic Context

Publication place: Washington, DC