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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103210

THE INCIDENCE OF INFECTION AMONG CONTACTS OF POLIOMYELITIS CASES

Dorothy M. Horstmann, Robert W. McCollum, and Anne D. Mascola

Section of Preventive Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

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Aided by a grant from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc.

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Section of Preventive Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

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Aided by a grant from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc.

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Section of Preventive Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

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Aided by a grant from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc.

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Published October 1, 1955 - More info

Published in Volume 34, Issue 10 on October 1, 1955
J Clin Invest. 1955;34(10):1573–1580. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103210.
© 1955 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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