Two Different Scrapie Prions Isolated in Japanese Sheep Flocks

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 871-876

  Hirogari, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Kubo, Masanori ^a   Kimura, Kumiko M ^a   Haritani, Makoto ^a   Yokoyama, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Prion; Scrapie; Strain

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCRAPIE AGENT; SHEEP FARMING; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES; SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 0242409631     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03453.x     Document Type: Article

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