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Abstract
Post et al analyzed experimental transmissibility of the scrapie agent by natural vectors. A fly, Sacrophaga carnaria, fed with brains of scrapie-infected hamsters in different developmental stages caused scrapie in hamsters after they ate fly extracts.
Details
Title
Fly larvae and pupae as vectors for scrapie
Author
Post, Karin; Riesner, Detlev; Walldorf, Volker; Mehlhorn, Heinz
Pages
1969-70
Publication year
1999
Publication date
Dec 4, 1999
ISSN
01406736
e-ISSN
1474547X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
199051037
Copyright
Copyright Lancet Ltd. Dec 4, 1999