TABLE 2.
Monkey | Inoculum | Route | Yr postinfection | Sample result |
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Brain |
Spinal cord |
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Cerebral cortex | Brain stem (pons) | Cervical | Thoracic | Lumbar | ||||
16999 | vCJD | i.p. | 2.4 | + | TNA | TNA | TNA | TNA |
7422 | vCJD | i.p. | 2.4 | + | TNA | TNA | TNA | TNA |
7423 | vCJD | i.p. | 2.3 | + | TNA | TNA | TNA | TNA |
116 | WTD | i.c. | 7.3 | − | − | − | − | − |
144 | WTD | i.c. | 6.6 | − | − | − | − | − |
128 | Elk | i.c. | 13.4 | − | − | NT | NT | NT |
616 | Elk | i.c. | 7.9 | − | − | − | − | − |
609 | MD | i.c. | 4.0 | − | − | − | − | − |
135 | MD | i.c. | 13.3 | − | − | − | NT | NT |
119 | WTD | Oral | 13.3 | − | − | − | NT | NT |
125 | WTD | Oral | 8.8 | − | − | − | − | − |
130 | Elk | Oral | 12.4 | − | − | NT | − | NT |
629 | Elk | Oral | 13.1 | − | − | − | NT | NT |
121 | Elk | Oral | 10.9 | − | − | − | NT | − |
270 | MD | Oral | 8.8 | − | − | − | − | − |
122 | MD | Oral | 8.1 | − | − | − | − | − |
614 | MD | Oral | 11.8 | − | − | − | − | − |
633 | NEB | i.c. | 8.1 | − | − | − | − | − |
228 | None | NA | − | − | − | − | − | |
949 | None | NA | − | − | − | − | − | |
585 | None | NA | − | − | − | − | − | |
151 | None | NA | − | − | TNA | TNA | TNA | |
146 | None | NA | − | − | TNA | TNA | TNA | |
27 | None | NA | − | TNA | TNA | TNA | TNA |
Abbreviations: vCJD, variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease; i.p., intraperitoneal; TNA, tissue not available; WTD, white-tailed deer CWD; i.c., intracerebral; NT, not tested; MD, mule deer CWD; NEB, normal elk brain; NA, not applicable.