PrPSc detection and infectivity in semen from scrapie-infected sheep

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1375-1383

  Rubenstein, Richard ^a   Bulgin, Marie S ^b   Chang, Binggong ^a   Sorensen Melson, Sharon ^b   Petersen, Robert B ^c   LaFauci, Giuseppe ^d  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BREEDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; EWE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HERD; IMMUNOASSAY; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; RAM (SHEEP); SCRAPIE; SCRAPIE AGENT; SPERM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SEMEN; SHEEP; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84861172372     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.038802-0     Document Type: Article

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