Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Spongiform Encephalopathy): Transmission to the Chimpanzee
- 26 July 1968
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 161 (3839), 388-389
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.161.3839.388
Abstract
Biopsy material taken from the brain of a patient with CreutzfeldtJakob disease with status spongiosus induced a similar fatal encephalopathy in a chimpanzee 13 months after inoculation.Keywords
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