Occurrence and distribution of infection-specific PrP in tissues of clinical scrapie cases and cull sheep from scrapie-affected farms in Shetland

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 264-273

  Jeffrey, M ^a   Begara McGorum, I ^b   Clark, S ^b   Martin, S ^a   Clark, J ^a   Chaplin, M ^a   Gonzalez L ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN GANGLION; CELL INVASION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SAMPLE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP FARMING; UNITED KINGDOM; VISCERA; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PRION;

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 0036853439     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcpa.2002.0592     Document Type: Article

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