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.
Reports
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Spongiform Encephalopathy): Transmission to the Chimpanzee
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Science 26 Jul 1968:
Vol. 161, Issue 3839, pp. 388-389
DOI: 10.1126/science.161.3839.388
Vol. 161, Issue 3839, pp. 388-389
DOI: 10.1126/science.161.3839.388
C. J. Gibbs Jr.
1National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
D. C. Gajdusek
1National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
D. M. Asher
1National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
M. P. Alpers
1National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
Elizabeth Beck
2Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Neuropathology, Maudsley Hospital, London, England
P. M. Daniel
2Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Neuropathology, Maudsley Hospital, London, England
W. B. Matthews
3Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, England
