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IN the several reports in the literature concerning attempts to propagate the agent of measles in the fertile hen's egg, data on the demonstration of the agent by experimental inoculation into those species which are generally regarded as susceptible, namely, humans and monkeys, have been lacking or inconclusive.
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RAKE, G., SHAFFER, M. Propagation of the Agent of Measles in the Fertile Hen's Egg. Nature 144, 672–673 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144672b0
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