INFANTILE PARALYSIS
A SWEDISH CLAIM THE VIRUS ISOLATED (United Press Association) IBy Electric Telegraph—Copyright) STOCKHOLM, Sept. 18. (Received Sept. 19, at 10 p.m.) Karl L. King, chief of the State Bacteriological 'Research /-Department. reports that he has successfully. isolated the virus of infantile paralysis, He has reached the conclusion that the infection spreads chiefly indirectly, like typhoid, dysentry and cholera, and rarely directly as the result of personal contact. ■ : " Live virus was found in butter made with contaminated water.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24408, 20 September 1940, Page 4
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79INFANTILE PARALYSIS Otago Daily Times, Issue 24408, 20 September 1940, Page 4
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