Fly larvae and pupae as vectors for scrapie

Authors
Post, K Riesner, D Walldorf, V Mehlhorn, H
Citation
K. Post et al., Fly larvae and pupae as vectors for scrapie, LANCET, 354(9194), 1999, pp. 1969-1970
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9194
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1969 - 1970
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(199912)354:9194<1969:FLAPAV>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We analysed experimental transmissibitity of the scrapie agent by natural v ectors. A fly, Sacrophaga carnaria, fed with brains of scrapie-infected ham sters in different developmental stages caused scrapie in hamsters after th ey ate fly extracts.