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Levinthal-Lillie-Coles bodies
Also known as:
Ehrlich’s psittaci
Associated persons:
Alfred C. Coles
Paul Ehrlich
Walter Levinthal
Ralph Dougall Lillie
Description:
Virus in the genus Miyagawanella in the Chlamydiaceae family. Their size is 280-300 mµ. The agent of psittacosis.
Levinthal, Coles and Lillie discovered the causal agent of psittacosis independently of each other.
Bibliography:
- W. Levinthal:
Die Ätiologie der Psittakosis. Klinische Wochenschrift, Berlin, 1930, 9: 654.
Die Ätiologie der Psittakosis. Die Medizinische Welt, Stuttgart, 1930, 4: 588.
Recent observations on psittacosis. Lancet, London, 1935/I: 1207-1210.
- R. D. Lillie:
Psittacosis: Rickettsia-like inclusions in man and in experimental animals.
Public Health Reports, Washington, 1930, 45: 773-778.
- A. C. Coles:
Micro-organisms in Psittacosis.
Lancet, London, 1930/I:1011-1012.
Micro-organisms in Psittacosis.
British Medical Journal, London, 1930/I: 719.
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