Guest guest Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 While examining coronary-artery tissues at autopsy in 1991, Allan Shor, a pathologist in Johannesburg, saw " pear-shaped bodies " that looked like nothing he'd ever seen before. He mentioned his observations to a microbiologist colleague, who had read about a new species of chlamydia with a peculiar pear shape. The colleague referred Shor to an expert on the subject, Cho-Chou Kuo, of the University of Washington School of Public Health, in Seattle. After Shor shipped Kuo the curious coronary tissue, Kuo found that the clogged coronary arteries were full of C. pneumoniae. http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99feb/germ2.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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