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Chronic Wasting Disease Agents in Nonhuman Primates

Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease of cervids. Assessment of its zoonotic potential is critical. To evaluate primate susceptibility, we tested monkeys from 2 genera. We found that 100% of intracerebrally inoculated and 92% of orally inoculated squirrel monkeys were susceptible, but cynomolgu...

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Autores principales: Race, Brent, Meade-White, Kimberly D., Phillips, Katie, Striebel, James, Race, Richard, Chesebro, Bruce
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24751215
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2005.130778