Scrapie Agent (Strain 263K) Can Transmit Disease via the Oral Route after Persistence in Soil over Years

• Bjoern Seidel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bjoern Seidel, Achim Thomzig, Anne Buschmann

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bjoern.seidel@ime.fraunhofer.de

  Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology und Applied Ecology (IME), Schmallenberg, Germany

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• Achim Thomzig ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bjoern Seidel, Achim Thomzig, Anne Buschmann

  Affiliation P24 -Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany

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• Anne Buschmann ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bjoern Seidel, Achim Thomzig, Anne Buschmann

  Affiliation Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems, Germany

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• Martin H. Groschup,

  Affiliation Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems, Germany

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• Rainer Peters,

  Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology und Applied Ecology (IME), Schmallenberg, Germany

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• Michael Beekes,

  Affiliation P24 -Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany

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• Konstantin Terytze

  Affiliation German Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), Dessau, Germany

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