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Experimental transfusion of variant CJD-infected blood reveals previously uncharacterised prion disorder in mice and macaque

Exposure of human populations to bovine spongiform encephalopathy through contaminated food has resulted in <250 cases of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD). However, more than 99% of vCJD infections could have remained silent suggesting a long-term risk of secondary transmission particular...

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Autores principales: Comoy, Emmanuel E., Mikol, Jacqueline, Jaffré, Nina, Lebon, Vincent, Levavasseur, Etienne, Streichenberger, Nathalie, Sumian, Chryslain, Perret-Liaudet, Armand, Eloit, Marc, Andreoletti, Olivier, Haïk, Stéphane, Hantraye, Philippe, Deslys, Jean-Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5668246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29097653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01347-0