Could ectoparasites act as vectors for p
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Omar Lupi
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Prion diseases are rare neurodegenerative diseases of humans and animals with a lethal evolution. Several cell types found on the human skin, including keratinocytes, fibroblasts and lymphocytes, are susceptible to the abnormal infective isoform of the prion protein, which transforms th