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Transmission of Lapinized Rinderpest Virus by Contact between Rabbits

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RABBITS are readily infected with lapinized rinderpest virus administered parenterally, but contact infections are alleged not to occur1,2. Protocols, however, have not been published yet.

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SCOTT, G., RAMPTON, C. Transmission of Lapinized Rinderpest Virus by Contact between Rabbits. Nature 192, 289 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192289a0

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