Different prion disease phenotypes result from inoculation of cattle with two temporally separated sources of sheep scrapie from Great Britain

Different prion disease phenotypes result from inoculation of cattle with two temporally separated sources of sheep scrapie from Great Britain

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Given the theoretical proposal that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) could have originated from sheep scrapie, this study investigated the pathogenicity for cattle, by intracerebral (i.c.) inoculation, of two pools of scrapie a...

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Main Authors: Hawkins Steve AC, Simmons Marion M, Chaplin Melanie, Green Robert B, Horrocks Claire, Stack Michael J, Lee Yoon, Konold Timm, Lockey Richard, Spiropoulos John, Wilesmith John W, Wells Gerald AH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-10-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/2/31

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