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THE ROLE OF TEMPERATE BACTERIOPHAGE IN THE PRODUCTION OF ERYTHROGENIC TOXIN BY GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI
Non-lysogenic, non-toxinogenic Group A streptococci when infected by temperate bacteriophages isolated from known scarlatinal toxin-producing strains acquire the capacity to form erythrogenic toxin. This toxin causes a characteristic erythematous reaction in the skin of rabbits and is readily neutra...
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The Rockefeller University Press
1964
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2137738/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14157029 |