• Title of article

    Fly larvae and pupae as vectors for scrapie

  • Author/Authors

    Karin Post، نويسنده , , Detlev Riesner، نويسنده , , Volker Walldorf، نويسنده , , Heinz Mehlhorn، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    1969
  • To page
    1970
  • Abstract
    We analysed 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.
  • Journal title
    The Lancet
  • Serial Year
    1999
  • Journal title
    The Lancet
  • Record number

    550366