Transmission of prion diseases by blood transfusion

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2897-2905

  Hunter, Nora ^a   Foster, James ^a   Chong, Angela ^a   McCutcheon, Sandra ^a   Parnham, David ^a   Eaton, Samantha ^a   MacKenzie, Calum ^a   Houston, Fiona ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036843096     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-83-11-2897     Document Type: Article

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