Atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathies, France, 2001-2007

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 298-300

  Biacabe, Anne Gaëlle ^a   Morignat, Eric ^a   Vulin, Johann ^a   Calavas, Didier ^a   Baron, Thierry G M ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY AGENT; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FRANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS EXAMINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 38949102314     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1402.071141     Document Type: Article

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