RECENT ADVANCES IN THE LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF VIRUS INFECTIONS
Authors: A J RHODES
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 July 1956RECENT ADVANCES IN THE LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF VIRUS INFECTIONSA. J. RHODES, M.D., F.R.C.P. (Edin.)A. J. RHODES, M.D., F.R.C.P. (Edin.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-1-106 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThese are exciting days for the application of diagnostic methods to virus diseases, and the period is comparable to 40 or 50 years ago, when new bacteria were constantly being discovered. The etiology of many diseases was then clarified by the introduction of new methods for studying the morphology and cultural appearances of bacteria. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Toronto, Canada*Presented as a Morning Lecture at the Thirty-seventh Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Los Angeles, April 17, 1956.From the Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, and The Research Institute of The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Andrew J. Rhodes, M.D., Professor of Microbiology, School of Hygiene, Toronto, Canada. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRelapsing Coxsackie Pericarditis Simulating Myocardial Infarction and Da Costa's SyndromeLiteraturAN OUTBREAK OF DISEASE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ECHO 9 VIRUS*W. H. 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