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VII. On the infectivity of floors grossly contaminated with cultures of B. pestis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

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From these two series of experiments we can conclude that a cowdung floor, grossly contaminated with a virulent culture of B. pestis, can retain its infectivity for 48 hours but not longer, and that a chunam floor, treated in the same way, does not remain infective even for 24 hours.

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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 6 , Issue 4: Extra “Plague Number” , September 1906 , pp. 509 - 518
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1906

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