Closely similar values obtained when the ME7 strain of scrapie agent was titrated in parallel by two individuals in separate laboratories using two sublines of C57BL mice

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-40

  Taylor, D M ^a   McConnell, I ^a   Ferguson, C E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE AGENT; VIRUS TITRATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; LABORATORIES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRION DISEASES; PRPSC PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034097651     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(99)00174-3     Document Type: Article

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