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. 1930 Oct 31;52(5):701–716. doi: 10.1084/jem.52.5.701

STUDIES IN THE COMMON COLD

IV. EXPERIMENTAL TRANSMISSION OF THE COMMON COLD TO ANTHROPOID APES AND HUMAN BEINGS BY MEANS OF A FILTRABLE AGENT

A R Dochez 1, Gerald S Shibley 1, Katherene C Mills 1
PMCID: PMC2131904  PMID: 19869798

Abstract

1. Chimpanzees are highly suitable animals for the experimental study of human upper respiratory infections. 2. Human colds have been successfully transmitted to apes and human volunteers in 44 per cent of instances tried by means of filtered nasal washings obtained from colds. 3. Certain types of infectious colds are caused by a filtrable agent.

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