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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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/44a0f9c403d646aa858e3bdebcca0adf |
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