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The first cycle of growth in the chick embryo of the agents of trachoma and inclusion blennorrhoea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

P. Reeve  and
Janice Taverne
P. Reeve
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Trachoma Research Unit, The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London, S. W. 1
Janice Taverne
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Trachoma Research Unit, The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London, S. W. 1
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Chick embryos were inoculated with measured doses of various strains of the agents of trachoma and inclusion blennorrhoea, and the number of infective organisms they contained was determined at intervals during the first 4 days after inoculation. From curves of the yield of agent at different times relative to the dose inoculated, it was evident that the lag phase before the exponential phase of growth began was shorter for fast-killing—and more virulent—variant strains than for slow-killing strains, and the difference was statistically significant; and that variant strains multiplied faster during the exponential phase of growth and produced then- highest titres sooner.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 65 , Issue 1 , March 1967 , pp. 109 - 114
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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