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Detection of polioviruses in human cerebrospinal fluid

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Poliovirus type 3 was detected in cerebrospinal fluids of 4 children out of 61 poliomyelitic patients which excreted virus in faeces or pharyngeal maucous. The importance of attempts for isolating virus from the spinal fluid is stressed.

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    Present address: Istituto di Malattie Infettive, Università di Roma, Policlinico U. I∘, I-00161, Roma, Italia

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Rocchi, G., Andreoni, G. Detection of polioviruses in human cerebrospinal fluid. Archiv f Virusforschung 25, 359–362 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01556564

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