Transmissible mink encephalopathy: experimental transmission to the squirrel monkey.
A progressive, fatal spongiform encephalopathy developed in three squirrel monkeys 11 months after inoculation with primate-passaged transmissible mink encephalopathy agent. The clinical symptoms and histopathologic and electron microscopic findings suggest that this naturally occurring disease of mink has been transmitted experimentally to squirrel monkeys.
D000818:Animals; D001072:Apraxias; D001259:Ataxia; D001796:Blood Protein Disorders / Q000662:veterinary*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008907:Mink; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D014202:Tremor; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*