Key result
Poliomyelitis virus was successfully recovered from the stools of healthy contacts during an institutional outbreak.
The study reports the recovery of poliomyelitis virus from the stools of healthy contacts during an institutional outbreak.
Highlights asymptomatic shedding in polio contacts; leaves open modern transmission implications given historical observational data.
S. D. Kramer, A. G. Gilliam, J. G. Molner, Recovery of the Virus of Poliomyelitis from the Stools of Healthy Contacts in an Institutional Outbreak, Public Health Reports (1896-1970), Vol. 54, No. 43 (Oct. 27, 1939), pp. 1914-1922
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Krämer et al. (1939) studied this question. Poliomyelitis virus was successfully recovered from the stools of healthy contacts during an institutional outbreak.
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