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Characteristics of scrapie isolates derived from hay mites.
Journal of neurovirology - 1 Apr 2000
Carp R I, Meeker H C, Rubenstein R, Sigurdarson S, Papini M, Kascsak R J, Kozlowski P B, Wisniewski H M
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Previous epidemiological evidence suggested that in some instances a vector and/or reservoir is involved in the occurrence and spread of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). In a preliminary study, hay mite preparations from five Icelandic farms with a history of scrapie were injected into mice, and some of these mice became sick after long incubation periods. To confirm that the disease was scrapie,...
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