Identification of "Ryan Virus" as an amoeba of the genus Hartmannella.

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  • J A Armstrong
  • M S Pereira
چکیده

A recent paper (Pereira, et al., 1966) reported the isolation in Britain of several strains of an antibiotic-resistant infective agent that caused unusual cytopathic effects when inoculated into cell cultures. The new agent was evidently recoverable from the respiratory tract in certain patients, mostly young children, with illnesses of varying severity but with fever and respiratory symptoms as common features. Primary isolations

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • British medical journal

دوره 1 5534  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1967