Abstract
Summary
Gastrointestinal tracts removed at 5-day intervals for up to 20 days from cockroaches, Periplaneta americana, fed a single meal of Coxsackie virus contained sufficient virus to paralyze and kill test mice. Salivary glands removed after 5 days from the test cockroaches also caused paralysis and death in test mice; in one experiment, salivary glands removed 5, 10 and 20 days after a single feeding of virus caused Coxsackie infection in test mice.
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