The effect of dry heat on the ME7 strain of mouse-passaged scrapie agent

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3161-3164

  Taylor, D M ^a   McConnell, I ^a   Fernie, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE AGENT; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

EID: 0030469580     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-12-3161     Document Type: Article

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