Spiroplasma as a candidate agent for the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 833-838

  Bastian, Frank O ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic wasting disease; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Koch's postulates; Prion; Scrapie; Spiroplasma; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEER; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 26444458841     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jnen.0000183553.01458.87     Document Type: Review

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