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Scrapie can be transmitted to mice by instillation of inoculum into the conjunctiva
BMJ 1996; 312 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7024.181 (Published 20 January 1996) Cite this as: BMJ 1996;312:181- Janet R Fraser,
- James D Foster,
- Hugh Fraser
- Senior research scientist Research scientist Consultant neuropathologist Institute for Animal Health, Biological and Biotechnological Scientific Research Council/MRC Neuropathogenesis Unit, Edinburgh EH9 3JF
EDITOR,—None of the articles discussing the possible routes of transmission of spongiform encephalopathies cite a particular piece of evidence.1 In 1993 the three of us showed that scrapie can be successfully transmitted …
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