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John Spiropoulos1, Stephen A C Hawkins, Marion M Simmons, Susan J Bellworthy.
Abstract
Classical scrapie is one of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), a group of fatal infectious diseases that affect the central nervous system (CNS). Classical scrapie can transmit laterally from ewe to lamb perinatally or between adult animals. Here we report detection of infectivity in tissues of an unborn fetus, providing evidence that in utero transmission of classical scrapie is also possible.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24453368 PMCID: PMC3993721 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.03264-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103