INFANTILE PARALYSIS
Rat Believed Reservoir For Spread To Humans By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received September 25, 10.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, September 21. United States public health officials believe that the common rat is a reservoir from which infantile paralysis spreads to humans. Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon-Gen-eral. announcing that the rat was susceptible to poliomyelitis, 'declared that the finding was most important. Further research would be necessary to confirm it.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 1, 26 September 1939, Page 8
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68INFANTILE PARALYSIS Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 1, 26 September 1939, Page 8
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