October 1, 1952The Journal of Immunology

Identification of Coxsackie Viruses by Immunological Methods and Their Classification into 16 Antigenically Distinct Types

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Population

232 strains of Coxsackie or C viruses isolated from patients, flies, and sewage

Design

Preclinical

Authors

GCGuillermo ContrerasUniversidad Pedro de Valdivia VBVohammie H. BarnettUnited States Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH JMJoseph L. MelnickStatens Serum Institut

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Implication

May inform diagnostic assay development; extends taxonomy but leaves clinical translation open pending human studies.

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Population

232 strains of Coxsackie or C viruses isolated from patients, flies, and sewage

Intervention

Immunological methods (complement fixation and neutralization tests)

Outcome

Classification into antigenically distinct types

The study successfully classified 232 strains of Coxsackie viruses into 16 distinct immunological types using complement fixation and neutralization tests, expanding the known types from 7 to 16.

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Contreras et al. (1952) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a918d809cd0eb66ad340411 https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.69.4.395

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