Rapid PrPSc detection in lymphoid tissue and application to scrapie surveillance of fallen stock in Japan: Variable PrPSc accumulation in palatal tonsil in natural scrapie

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 801-804

  Shimada, Kimi ^a   Hayashi, Hiroko K ^a   Ookubo, Yuka ^a   Iwamaru, Yoshifumi ^a   Imamura, Morikazu ^a   Takata, Masuhiro ^a   Schmerr, Mary Jo ^b   Shinagawa, Morikazu ^a   Yokoyama, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prion; Scrapie; Surveillance; Tonsil

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; JAPAN; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PALATINE TONSIL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 24744449737     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03660.x     Document Type: Article

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