Comparative Study of Fowl Plague Virus and a Virus Isolated from Man
1967; Volume: 82; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/4593084
ISSN2327-6258
AutoresP. D. DeLay, Helen Casey, Haskell S. Tubiash,
Tópico(s)Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
Resumois caused by an infectious filtrable virus and is characterized by high mortality among chickens.Although the disease has not occurred in the United States since 1929, it has been considered enzootic chiefly in eastern Europe, the Mediterranean basin, Egypt, and Asia.The disease has often been confused with that caused by the virulent form of Newcastle disease virus.In 1959, slightly more than a month after he returned from a 2-month trip abroad, a 46-year- old white man with clinically diagnosed infec¬ tious hepatitis was hospitalized.He had been generally healthy during visits to Japan, Thai- land, Ceylon, Egypt, Israel, Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy, Switzerland, and Spain.After his return, he complained of lassitude, headaches, and oc- casional chills during the first 2 weeks and bloat- ing and indigestion during the next 2 weeks.On the 31st day he had a slight fever, and on the following day he was noticeably bloated and had At the time of this study,
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