Replication of scrapie in spleens of SCID mice follows reconstitution with wild-type mouse bone marrow

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1935-1940

  Fraser, H ^a   Brown, K L ^a   Stewart, K ^a   McConnell, I ^a   McBride, P ^a   Williams, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN INFECTION; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE AGENT; SHEEP DISEASE; SPLEEN; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029758220     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-8-1935     Document Type: Article

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