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Review
. 1995 Nov 4;346(8984):1208-10.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(95)92905-3.

Proposed link between transmissible spongiform encephalopathies of man and animals

H Diringer  1
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Review

Proposed link between transmissible spongiform encephalopathies of man and animals

H Diringer. Lancet. .

Abstract

A link between scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is likely to exist. Based on old observations on scrapie, new experiments on bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and modern reviews on CJD, my proposal fits general rules of virus transmission.

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  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
    Will RG, Ironside JW, Hornlimann B, Zeidler M. Will RG, et al. Lancet. 1996 Jan 6;347(8993):65-6. Lancet. 1996. PMID: 8531583 No abstract available.