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. 1995 Jan;69(1):506–508. doi: 10.1128/jvi.69.1.506-508.1995

Congo red prolongs the incubation period in scrapie-infected hamsters.

L Ingrosso 1, A Ladogana 1, M Pocchiari 1
PMCID: PMC188599  PMID: 7983747

Abstract

In scrapie-infected cells, Congo red inhibits both the replication of the infectious agent and accumulation of the protease-resistant form of PrP (PrP-res). In this report, we show that Congo red prolongs the incubation periods of hamsters experimentally infected with two different strains of scrapie.

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