Asynchronous Onset of Clinical Disease in BSE-Infected Macaques
To estimate the effect of the variability of prion disease onset on primary bovine spongiform encephalopathy transmission to humans, we studied 6 cynomolgus macaques. The preclinical incubation period was significantly prolonged in 2 animals, implying that onset of variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2013-07-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/7/12-0438_article |