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. 1973 Dec;71(4):657–667. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400022920

An outbreak of common colds at an Antarctic base after seventeen weeks of complete isolation

T R Allen, A F Bradburne, E J Stott, C S Goodwin, D A J Tyrrell
PMCID: PMC2130424  PMID: 4520509

Abstract

Six of 12 men wintering at an isolated Antarctic base sequentially developed symptoms and signs of a common cold after 17 weeks of complete isolation. Examination of specimens taken from the men in relation to the outbreak has not revealed a causative agent.

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