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Patterns of PrPCWD accumulation during the course of chronic wasting disease infection in orally inoculated mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus).
The Journal of general virology - 1 Nov 2006
Fox Karen A, Jewell Jean E, Williams Elizabeth S, Miller Michael W
Abstract excerpt
Patterns of abnormal prion protein (PrP) accumulation during the course of chronic wasting disease (CWD) infection were studied and the distribution and timing of disease-associated PrP (PrP(CWD)) deposition and lesions in 19 mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) 90-785 days after oral inoculation were described. PrP(CWD) deposition occurred relatively rapidly and widely in lymphoid tissues, later in central and...
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