Transmission of prion diseases by blood transfusion
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Transmission of prion diseases by blood transfusion.
Attempts to detect infectivity in the blood of humans and animals affected with transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs or prion diseases) have often been inconclusive because of the limitations of cross-species bioassays and the small volumes of blood that can be injected by the intracerebral route. A model has been developed for the experimental study of TSE transmission by blood tran...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Virology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0022-1317,1465-2099
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-83-11-2897