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The oral secretion of infectious scrapie prions occurs in preclinical sheep with a range of PRNP genotypes.
Journal of virology - 1 Jan 2012
Gough Kevin C, Baker Claire A, Rees Helen C, Terry Linda A, Spiropoulos John, Thorne Leigh, Maddison Ben C
Abstract excerpt
Preclinical sheep with the highly scrapie-susceptible VRQ/VRQ PRNP genotype secrete prions from the oral cavity. In order to further understand the significance of orally available prions, buccal swabs were taken from sheep with a range of PRNP genotypes and analyzed by serial protein misfolding cyclic amplification (sPMCA). Prions were detected in buccal swabs from scrapie-exposed sheep of genotypes linked to...
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