Accelerated onset of CNS prion disease in mice co-infected with a gastrointestinal helminth pathogen during the preclinical phase
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61483-4
Abstract: Prion infections in the central nervous system (CNS) can cause extensive neurodegeneration. Systemic inflammation can affect the progression of some neurodegenerative disorders. Therefore, we used the gastrointestinal helminth pathogen Trichuris muris to test the hypothesis… read more here.
Keywords: cns prion; prion; cns; prion disease ... See more keywords