Pathogenesis of experimental bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE): Estimation of tissue infectivity according to incubation period

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Arnold, Mark Edward ^a   Hawkins, Stephen Anthony Charles ^a   Green, Robert ^a   Dexter, Ian ^a   Wells, Gerald Arthur Henry ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Infectivity titres; Maximum likelihood estimation; Modeling; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCUBATION TIME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL GANGLION; TITRIMETRY; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; C57BL MOUSE; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY PRION; MUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58249102175     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2008046     Document Type: Article

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