Atypical/Nor98 scrapie infectivity in sheep peripheral tissues

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Andréoletti, Olivier ^a   Orge, Leonor ^b   Benestad, Sylvie L ^c   Beringue, Vincent ^d   Litaise, Claire ^a   Simon, Stéphanie ^e   Le Dur, Annick ^d   Laude, Hubert ^d   Simmons, Hugh ^f   Lugan, Séverine ^a   Corbière, Fabien ^a   Costes, Pierrette ^a   Morel, Nathalie ^e   Schelcher, François ^a   Lacroux, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^e DIF   (France)

^f VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MUSCLE; NERVE; NONHUMAN; SCRAPIE; SCRAPIE AGENT; SHEEP; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENOTYPE; MICE; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79952219556     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001285     Document Type: Article

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