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Schick and Dick reactions in different classes of the community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Scott Thomson ,
A. J. Glazebrook  and
C. A. Green
Scott Thomson
Affiliation:
From the Department of Bacteriology, University of Edinburgh, and the Royal Naval Hospital, Porte Edgar
A. J. Glazebrook
Affiliation:
From the Department of Bacteriology, University of Edinburgh, and the Royal Naval Hospital, Porte Edgar
C. A. Green
Affiliation:
From the Department of Bacteriology, University of Edinburgh, and the Royal Naval Hospital, Porte Edgar
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1. Great differences in the number of young adult reactors to the Schick and Dick toxins were found in different social classes.

2. In white races the immunity in young adults, in the absence of previous clinical disease, to diphtheria and scarlet fever, as evidenced by negative reactions to Schick and Dick tests, seems to be caused wholly by contact with the infective agents.

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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 1940 , pp. 115 - 121
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1940

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