Gajdusek DC, Gibbs CJ, Asher DM, David E. Transmission of experimental kuru to the spider monkey (Ateles geoffreyi).
Science 1968;
162:693-4. [PMID:
5687819 DOI:
10.1126/science.162.3854.693]
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Abstract
Clinical signs and pathological changes characteristic of kuru in man and experimental kuru in chimpanzees were observed in two spider monkeys, Ateles geoffreyi, after inoculation with brain tissue from a kuru-affected chimpanzee. The incubation period for one of the monkeys was 23 months, and 26 months for the other.
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