The Nasal Cavity Is a Route for Prion Infection in Hamsters
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The nasal cavity is a route for prion infection in hamsters.
Animals that naturally acquire the prion diseases have a well-developed olfactory sense that they utilize for a variety of basic behaviors. To assess the potential for the nasal cavity to serve as a point of entry for prion diseases, a small amount of prion-infected brain homogenate was placed inferior to the nostrils of hamsters, where it was immediately sniffed into the nasal cavity. Hamsters...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Virology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0022-538X,1098-5514
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02649-06