Evidence for a link between variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Prions in Humans and Animals

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 573-578

  Bruce, Moira E ^a   Will, Robert G ^b   Ironside, James W ^b   Fraser, Hugh ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 51449095514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1515/9783110200171     Document Type: Chapter

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