Absence of Vertical Transmission of Subacute Spongiform Viral Encephalopathies in Experimental Primates
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 166 (4) , 469-471
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-166-41092
Abstract
Vertical transmission of kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and scrapie has not been observed in 10 progeny of chimpanzees and monkeys born to parents which were either incubating or clinically ill with 1 of the diseases. These 10 progeny have remained free of spongiform encephalopathy in spite of intensive postnatal contact with their affected parent(s). These data leave unanswered the mechanisms of viral transmission in the familial forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Experiments on Maternal Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Guinea PigsExperimental Biology and Medicine, 1979
- Unconventional Viruses and the Origin and Disappearance of KuruScience, 1977