Table 1. Primates included in the study.
Group | wpi | Clinical disease | Muscular PrPSc | CNS PrPSc | |||||||
Tongue | Arm | Heart | |||||||||
ELISA | WB | ELISA | WB | ELISA | WB | ELISA | WB | PET | |||
vCJD | 132 | no | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | + |
144 | no | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | |
158 | no | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | |
172 | yes | + | + | − | + | + | − | + | + | + | |
sCJD | 243 | no | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
335 | no | n.d. | − | n.d. | − | n.d. | − | n.d. | − | − | |
BSE | 107 | no | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
212 | yes | + | + | − | − | − | − | n.d. | + | + | |
Mock | 106 | no | n.d. | − | n.d. | − | n.d. | − | n.d. | − | − |
222 | no | − | − | − | − | − | − | n.d. | − | − |