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The Nasal Cavity Is a Route for Prion Infection in Hamsters

Animals that naturally acquire the prion diseases have a well-developed olfactory sense that they utilize for a variety of basic behaviors. To assess the potential for the nasal cavity to serve as a point of entry for prion diseases, a small amount of prion-infected brain homogenate was placed infer...

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Main Authors: Kincaid, Anthony E., Bartz, Jason C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1900180/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17301140
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.02649-06
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