Infectivity in skeletal muscle of cattle with atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Infectivity in skeletal muscle of cattle with atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

The amyloidotic form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) termed BASE is caused by a prion strain whose biological properties differ from those of typical BSE, resulting in a clinically and pathologically distinct phenotype. Whether peripheral tissues of BASE-affected cattle contain infectivity...

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Main Authors: Silvia Suardi, Chiara Vimercati, Cristina Casalone, Daniela Gelmetti, Cristiano Corona, Barbara Iulini, Maria Mazza, Guerino Lombardi, Fabio Moda, Margherita Ruggerone, Ilaria Campagnani, Elena Piccoli, Marcella Catania, Martin H Groschup, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Maria Caramelli, Salvatore Monaco, Gianluigi Zanusso, Fabrizio Tagliavini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3283643?pdf=render

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