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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: is it an autoimmune disease due to bacteria showing molecular mimicry with brain antigens?
A Ebringer, C Thorpe, J Pirt, C Wilson, P Cunningham, and C Ettelaie
Environ Health Perspect. 1997 November; 105(11): 1172–1174.
PMCID: PMC1470340
 Is Cited by the Following Articles in this Archive:
Absence of Spiroplasma or Other Bacterial 16S rRNA Genes in Brain Tissue of Hamsters with Scrapie
Irina Alexeeva, Ellen J. Elliott, Sandra Rollins, Gail E. Gasparich, Jozef Lazar, and Robert G. Rohwer
J Clin Microbiol. 2006 January; 44(1): 91–97. doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.1.91-97.2006.
PMCID: PMC1351941
Antibody Responses to Acinetobacter spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Multiple Sclerosis: Prospects for Diagnosis Using the Myelin-Acinetobacter-Neurofilament Antibody Index
L. E. Hughes, S. Bonell, R. S. Natt, C. Wilson, H. Tiwana, A. Ebringer, P. Cunningham, V. Chamoun, E. J. Thompson, J. Croker, and J. Vowles
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2001 November; 8(6): 1181–1188. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.8.6.1181-1188.2001.
PMCID: PMC96247
Autoantibodies to Brain Components and Antibodies to Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Are Present in Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Harmale Tiwana, Clyde Wilson, John Pirt, William Cartmell, and Alan Ebringer
Infect Immun. 1999 December; 67(12): 6591–6595.
PMCID: PMC97071