From: Blood borne transit of CJD from brain to gut at early stages of infection
Abnormal PrP | CJD:days pi | Â | NORMAL:days pi | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TISSUE (route) | 2 | 4 | 14 | 28*–32 | 42 | 70* | 90*–120 | >170* | 2 | 32 | 240 |
central | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Brain (ic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | na | - | - | - |
Spinal cord (ic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | na | - | - | - |
Brain (ip) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Spinal cord (ip) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - |
peripheral | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Peyer's Patch (ic) | - | - | - | + | + | + | + | na | - | - | - |
Lymph node (ic) | - | - | - | + | + | + | + | na | - | - | - |
Spleen (ic) | - | - | - | + | + | + | + | na | - | - | - |
Lymph nodes (ip) | - | - | - | + | nd | + | + | + | - | nd | - |
Spleen (ip) | - | - | - | + | + | + | + | + | - | - | - |