Intraspecies transmission of L-type-like bovine spongiform encephalopathy detected in Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 704-707

  Fukuda, Shigeo ^a   Iwamaru, Yoshifumi ^b   Imamura, Morikazu ^b   Masujin, Kentarou ^b   Shimizu, Yoshihisa ^b   Matsuura, Yuichi ^b   Shu, Yujing ^b   Kurachi, Megumi ^b   Kasai, Kazuo ^b   Murayama, Yuichi ^b   Onoe, Sadao ^a   Hagiwara, Ken'ichi ^c   Sata, Tetsutaro ^c   Mohri, Shirou ^b   Yokoyama, Takashi ^b   Okada, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a Hokkaido Animal Research Center   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Cattle; L type like; Transmission

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY AGENT; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; JAPAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PRPC PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY PRION;

EID: 75749132438     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2009.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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