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The Relation of Virulence in Pneumococci to Disease, with a Comparison of Virulence of the Different Types of Pneumococci in various Pathological Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

C. H. Whittle
C. H. Whittle
Affiliation:
From the Bonnett Laboratory, Addenbrooke's Hospital, and the Pharmacological Laboratory, Cambridge.
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Pneumococci form a group of organisms of which the individual strains exhibit wide differences in character. Like the streptococci, certain types of which they closely resemble, they show a variability in their predilections and behaviour bewildering to those who are attempting to classify them. Not only are pneumococci known to cause a great variety of lesions about the body, but they have also been found in the throats of a large proportion of healthy persons who apparently suffer no inconvenience from their presence—Stillman (1916, 1917), Glynn (1923) and others.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , June 1928 , pp. 412 - 423
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1928

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