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Ringworm carriage and its control in mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. R. Davies  and
Jennifer Shewell
R. R. Davies
Affiliation:
Wright–Fleming Institute of Microbiology and Department of Pathology, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, W. 2
Jennifer Shewell
Affiliation:
Wright–Fleming Institute of Microbiology and Department of Pathology, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, W. 2
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The carriage of Trichophyton mentagrophytes (Robin) Blanchard by symptomfree laboratory mice has been described by La Touche (1957), Dolan, Kligman, Kobylinski & Motsavage (1958) and Mackenzie (1961). It may often be only the development of infections in the animal handlers which draws attention to the carriage of the fungus by the mice. These ringworm infections in man may take the form of a rapidly developing eczematous and vesicular lesion and the mouse carrier constitutes a significant hazard to the laboratory animal worker.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 63 , Issue 4 , December 1965 , pp. 507 - 515
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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