Accession Number:

AD0837206

Title:

THE VIRULENCE AND PATHOGENICITY OF COWPOX VIRUS

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Moritsch, H.

Report Date:

1968-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

The paper discusses the generally valid properties of the virus, i.e. , formation of inclusion bodies and the characteristic appearance of the local infection, followed by the antigenic structure of the virus in correlation with immunity and serological techniques, including known interference phenomena, and closes with the peculiar pathogenicity of the virus in man, cattle, rabbit, mouse and hens egg.

Descriptors:

• *POX VIRUSES
• MUTATIONS
• VIABILITY
• IMMUNITY
• SERODIAGNOSIS
• WEST GERMANY
• CELL STRUCTURE
• GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY)
• VACCINIA VIRUS
• AGGLUTININS
• MORPHOLOGY(BIOLOGY)
• VARIOLA VIRUS

Subject Categories:

• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE