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Some consequences of the multiple infection of cell cultures by TRIC organisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

W. A. Blyth  and
Janice Taverne
W. A. Blyth
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Trachoma Unit, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, Chelsea Bridge Road, London S. W. 1
Janice Taverne
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Trachoma Unit, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, Chelsea Bridge Road, London S. W. 1
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In BHK 21 cells infected with more than one TRIC organism the inclusions coalesce so that 30 hr. after infection only one inclusion per cell remains. Six hours after infection the cells are as susceptible to further infection as uninfected cells.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 70 , Issue 1 , March 1972 , pp. 33 - 37
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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