Characterization of scrapie-infected and normal hamster blood as an experimental model for TSE-infected human blood

Developments in Biologicals

Volumn 127, Issue , 2007, Pages 123-133

  Gregori, L ^a   Rohwer, R G ^b,c  

^a BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Infectivity; Leukoreduction; Prion; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; HAMSTER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CRICETINAE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MESOCRICETUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRION DISEASES;

EID: 34247141865     PISSN: 14246074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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