Prion Infectivity Spread Through Lymph Nodes Into Nervous System

Lymph nodes can be crucial for spreading low doses of infective prion agents — the pathogens responsible for conditions such as scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease — into the nervous system, according to new research published in the online open access journal BMC Veterinary Research. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease on September 26th, 2007