Staphylococci in noses and streptococci in throats of isolated and semi-isolated Antarctic communities

• Published in: Journal of Hygiene
• Main Author: Sladen, W. J. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1965
• Subjects: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Immunology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Hallett; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400045010; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022172400045010

The Antarctic provides unusually simplified conditions for the study of the persistence and exchange of micro-organisms of the upper respiratory tract. The work reported here was done while the author was in the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and the United States Antarctic Research Program. S...