Cerebral targeting indicates vagal spread of infection in hamsters fed with scrapie

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 601-607

  Beekes, Michael ^a   McBride, Patricia A ^b   Baldauf, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0031881510     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-3-601     Document Type: Article

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