Open AccessInfection of the uterine fetus with filtered tbc virus. Rabinowitsch-Kempner (Deut. m. W., 1927, No. 47)
Author(s) -
M. Mastbaum
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj96348
Subject(s) - virulence , placenta , bacillus (shape) , fetus , virus , microbiology and biotechnology , pregnancy , virology , biology , andrology , medicine , biochemistry , genetics , gene
The tbc bacillus is known to have a filtered invisible form, which, according to Rabinowitsch-Kempner's experiments, passes through the placenta in pregnant animals (guinea pigs), becoming an acid-fast bacillus in the young generation. The virulence of this bacillus is apparently very low; it rarely causes progressive tbc in young animals.