Departments of Veterinary Microbiology and Laboratory Animals,
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington 12, D.C.


Published: 15 September 1962

DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/1951128a0

STEWART J. MCCONNELL, YAYE F. HERMAN, DONALD E. MATTSON & LEROY ERICKSON

Abstract

A POX-LIKE infection was observed in a female cynomologous monkey (B-39) approximately 45 days following exposure to whole-body irradiation of 350 r. Monkey B-39 had been maintained in the same area for approximately ten months and was one of the eight survivors of a group of monkeys used in a series of irradiation studies. All were apparently free from any noticeable infection until the appearance of the pox lesions. Similar pox lesions were seen in one other irradiated monkey (B-44) in an adjacent cage a few days later.

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