NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS CONJUNCTIVITIS INDUCED IN HUMAN SUBJECTS EXPERIMENTALLY

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Abstract:

Newcastle disease virus NDV is the cause of a specific epizootic infection among fowl avian pseudo-plague, or avian pneumoencephalitis can give rise to conjunctival inflammation in man, sometimes accompanied by light general symptoms. The experiments studied the transmissibility to man of NDV cultivated in chicken embryos. A vial of allantoic fluid from chicken embryos infected with the virus was deposited on the mucosa of the conjunctival fornix of the left eye of each of five volunteer subjects.

Author(s):
Latte, B. ; Pino, G.
Author Organization(s):
ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD
Supplementary Note:
Trans. of Societa Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale, Naples. Bollettino, v27 p700-702 1951. DOI: 10.21236/AD0838803
Annotation:
Newcastle disease virus conjunctivitis induced in human subjects experimentally--Translation.
Pagination:
0005

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Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
TRANS-1491
Monitor Series:
SMUFD
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.2_Non-Kinetic Means; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_6_Net Centric
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
*NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS, HUMANS, ITALY, TRANSLATIONS, EYE, PATHOLOGY, VIRUS DISEASES, ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTIONS, EMBRYONATED EGG TECHNIQUE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Medicine and Medical Research
Report Date:
1965 Jul 15