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HUMAN red cells incubated with a broth culture filtrate of V. cholerœ acquire three new properties : they become panagglutinable1 ; they are no longer agglutinated by viruses of the influenza group2 ; and in the case of rhesus-positive cells, they become agglutinable by the corresponding incomplete Rh-antibody3. The finding that the influenza and Newcastle disease viruses produce the same three reactions on red cells2,4 has stimulated further study of this phenomenon.
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CHU, C. Enzymic Action of Viruses and Bacterial Products on Human Red Cells. Nature 161, 606–607 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161606b0
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