Relevance of the regional lymph node in scrapie pathogenesis after peripheral infection of hamsters

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kratzel, Christine ^a   Krüger, Dominique ^a   Beekes, Michael ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; HAMSTER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCRAPIE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE;

EID: 36749041832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-3-22     Document Type: Article

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