Urine from scrapie-infected hamsters comprises low levels of prion infectivity

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 123-128

  Kariv Inbal, Zehavit ^a   Ben Hur, Tamir ^a   Grigoriadis, Nikolaos C ^b   Engelstein, Roni ^a   Gabizon, Ruth ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Infectivity; Light chain; Prion; Scrapie; Urine

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOSIS; HAMSTER; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOCRICETUS; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE;

EID: 33748440083     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094770     Document Type: Article

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