Sentences with phrase «prion via blood»

Animal experiments have shown it is possible to transmit the prion via blood, but prions behave differently in different species, and these three cases are the only definitive evidence that blood - borne transmission can happen in people.

In particular, there seems to have been less transmission of the prion via blood transfusions than would have been expected.

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And for three of the eight people tested to be carrying the prion shows that spread among humans, in blood, is much more efficient than spread from cattle to humans via meat.