Aerosols transmit prions to immunocompetent and immunodeficient mice.

Prions, the agents causing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, colonize the brain of hosts after oral, parenteral, intralingual, or even transdermal uptake. However, prions are not generally considered to be airborne. Here we report that inbred and crossbred wild-type mice, as well as tga20 t...

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Main Authors: Johannes Haybaeck, Mathias Heikenwalder, Britta Klevenz, Petra Schwarz, Ilan Margalith, Claire Bridel, Kirsten Mertz, Elizabeta Zirdum, Benjamin Petsch, Thomas J Fuchs, Lothar Stitz, Adriano Aguzzi
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/44a0f9c403d646aa858e3bdebcca0adf
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