Scrapie and chronic wasting disease

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-159

  Williams, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOMESTICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCRAPIE; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES; TONSIL; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 0037368946     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-2712(02)00040-9     Document Type: Review

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