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Encephalopathy in Mice following Inoculation of Scrapie Sheep Brain
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Encephalopathy in Mice following Inoculation of Scrapie Sheep Brain

  • J. ANTHONY MORRIS1 na1 &
  • D. CARLETON GAJDUSEK1 na2 

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  1. J. ANTHONY MORRIS: Division of Biologies Standards

  2. D. CARLETON GAJDUSEK: Project for the Study of Slow, Latent and Temperate Virus Infections, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness.

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MORRIS, J., GAJDUSEK, D. Encephalopathy in Mice following Inoculation of Scrapie Sheep Brain. Nature 197, 1084–1086 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971084a0

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