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. 1942 Jan 1;75(1):1–6. doi: 10.1084/jem.75.1.1

PERIODIC EXAMINATION OF SEWAGE FOR THE VIRUS OF POLIOMYELITIS

James D Trask 1, John R Paul 1; With the Technical Assistance of John T. Riordan1
PMCID: PMC2135222  PMID: 19871161

Abstract

From a series of tests covering 15 months, another instance is recorded of the detection of the virus of poliomyelitis in urban sewage. It has not yet been possible to detect the virus of poliomyelitis in sewage during non-epidemic periods. It is likely that the periodic sampling of sewage for pathogenic viruses or bacteria may be a method of epidemiological value.

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