Fly larvae and pupae as vectors for scrapie.
We analysed experimental transmissibility of the scrapie agent by natural vectors. A fly, Sacrophaga carnaria, fed with brains of scrapie-infected hamsters in different developmental stages caused scrapie in hamsters after they ate fly extracts.
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D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D004175:Diptera / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D019286:Endopeptidase K; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007814:Larva; D008925:Mites / Q000502:physiology; D018621:PrPC Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D018620:PrPSc Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D011679:Pupa; D012608:Scrapie / Q000635:transmission*
D018621:PrPC Proteins; D018620:PrPSc Proteins; D019286:Endopeptidase K