Microbiology and immunology
Strain Traits of Intracranially Administered L-Type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Prions Are not Significantly Modified During Intraspecies Transmission in Cynomolgus Monkeys.
Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Hiroaki Shibata, Minoru Tobiume, Yuko Sato, Keiko Ohto, Sachi Okabayashi, Nozomi Nakano, Motohiro Horiuchi, Fumiko Ono
Published: 202610.1111/1348-0421.70040
Abstract
Among the three prion strains of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), classical BSE (C-BSE) prions are known causative agents of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. By contrast, human infections with L-type (L-) or H-type (H-) BSE prions have not b…
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