Volume 19, Number 7—July 2013
Dispatch
Asynchronous Onset of Clinical Disease in BSE-Infected Macaques
Judith Montag1, Walter Schulz-Schaeffer, Annette Schrod, Gerhard Hunsmann, and Dirk Motzkus
Table
Incubation periods of cynomolgus macaques infected intracerebrally with 50 mg brain homogenate from bovine spongiform encephalopathy–infected cattle*
| Animal | Haplotype at codon 129 | First clinical signs, dpi | Duration of clinical phase, dpi |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | M/M | 931 | 17 |
| A2 | M/M | 1,398 | 103 |
| A3 | M/M | 946 | 91 |
| A4 | M/M | 1,025 | 94 |
| A5 | M/M | 1,340 | 143 |
| A6 | M/M | 946 | 103 |
*dpi, days postinfection.
1Current affiliation: Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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