Comparative titration of experimental ovine BSE infectivity in sheep and mice

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 714-717

  González, Lorenzo ^a   Chianini, Francesca ^b   Martin, Stuart ^a   Sisó, Sílvia ^a   Gibbard, Louise ^b   Reid, Hugh W ^b   Jeffrey, Martin ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY AGENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; MICE; PRIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOS; BOVINAE; MUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33846846345     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82426-0     Document Type: Article

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