Excretion of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy infectivity in urine

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1406-1412

  Gregori, Luisa ^a,b   Kovacs, Gabor G ^c   Alexeeva, Irina ^a   Budka, Herbert ^c   Rohwer, Robert G ^a,b  

^a BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; URINARY EXCRETION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; KIDNEY; MESOCRICETUS; PRION DISEASES; PRPSC PROTEINS; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 50849142245     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.080259     Document Type: Article

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