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Effect of Irradiating the Tubercle Bacillus with Radon

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IMMUNITY against the tubercle bacillus seems to be due to the presence of living bacteria in the body; it is then of importance to obtain non-virulent but living bacteria. The virulence of pathogenic bacteria is generally attributed to their power of multiplication. In actual fact, this is the result of two independent variables:

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  1. Laboratoire Curie, Institut du Radium, 11 Rue Pierre-Curie, Paris, 5e

    P. BONET-MAURY & H. R. OLIVIER

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BONET-MAURY, P., OLIVIER, H. Effect of Irradiating the Tubercle Bacillus with Radon. Nature 144, 833–834 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144833b0

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