title: Sustained viremia in experimental hamster scrapie. Brief report.
abstract: After an intraperitoneal injection of scrapie agent into hamsters, a viremic phase is maintained from day 10 to at least day 40 post infection. Infectivity can be detected in the brain as early as 5-10 days after inoculation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D006224:Cricetinae; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D011328:Prions; D012608:Scrapie / Q000382:microbiology*; D012756:Sheep; D014766:Viremia
chemical_list: D011328:Prions