Emergence of classical BSE strain properties during serial passages of H-BSE in wild-type mice.

BACKGROUND: Two distinct forms of atypical spongiform encephalopathies (H-BSE and L-BSE) have recently been identified in cattle. Transmission studies in several wild-type or transgenic mouse models showed that these forms were associated with two distinct major strains of infectious agents, which a...

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Main Authors: Thierry Baron, Johann Vulin, Anne-Gaëlle Biacabe, Latefa Lakhdar, Jérémy Verchere, Juan-Maria Torres, Anna Bencsik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3021503?pdf=render