SPREAD OF CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE VIRUS ALONG VISUAL PATHWAYS AFTER INTRAOCULAR INOCULATION

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作者
LIBERSKI, PP [1 ]
YANAGIHARA, R [1 ]
GIBBS, CJ [1 ]
GAJDUSEK, DC [1 ]
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[1] NINCDS,CENT NERVOUS SYST STUDIES LAB,BLDG 36,RM 5B-21,BETHESDA,MD 20892
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10.1007/BF01310512
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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We studied the targeting of spongiform lesions within the visual pathways after intraocular injection with the Fujisaki strain of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) virus. The first lesions were observed 18 weeks postinoculation in the most superficial layer of the superior colliculus and in the lateral geniculate body contralateral to the side of the inoculation. Asymmetrical lesions in the superior colliculus were found also in mice sacrificed at 19, 22, and 27 weeks postinoculation. These results demonstrate that CJD virus spreads within the CNS via central axons of the visual pathways following intraocular inoculation. © 1990 Springer-Verlag.
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