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The survival of Shigella sonnei on cotton threads

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

C. C. Spicer
C. C. Spicer
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratories, Colindale, London, N.W. 9
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1. Experiments have been carried out to estimate quantitatively the survival of Sh. sonnei at various R.H.'S and two different temperature ranges.

2. A fraction may survive for 7–10 days under favourable conditions.

3. At R.H.'S of 40–60% the organism survives less well than at higher or lower values.

4. Survival is better at temperatures of 5–10°C. than at 20–30°C.

I am very grateful to Mr T. Nash for his advice during the course of this work, and also to Col. H. J. Bensted for his comments on the MS.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , June 1959 , pp. 210 - 215
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

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