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After an intraperitoneal injection of scrapie agent into hamsters, a viremic phase is maintained from day 10 to at least day 40 post infection. Infectivity can be detected in the brain as early as 5–10 days after inoculation.
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Diringer, H. Sustained viremia in experimental hamster scrapie. Archives of Virology 82, 105–109 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309373
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