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The Spread of Bacterial Infection. Some Characteristics of the Pre-epidemic Phase

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

W. W. C. Topley
W. W. C. Topley
Affiliation:
Director of the Institute of Pathology, Charing Cross Hospital.
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1. During the pre-epidemic stage of the spread of bacterial infection among mice, single deaths, or small groups of deaths, due to the specific infection being studied, are found to occur at considerable intervals before the rise of the main epidemic wave, and to afford a warning that such a wave is at hand.

2. In many cases there may be observed, during the same period, an increase in the daily mortality from all causes.

I should wish to express my thanks to Dr Major Greenwood for the interest he has shown in this investigation, and for much useful information with regard to epidemiological records. I am again greatly mdebted to my co-workers, Dr H. B. Weir and Dr G. S. Wilson, for their assistance in these experiments.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , June 1922 , pp. 10 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1922

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