Novel replication-competent circular DNA molecules from healthy cattle serum and milk and multiple sclerosis-affected human brain tissue.

ABSTRACT: Epidemiological data point to the involvement of a cow milk factor in the etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS). Eleven circular DNA molecules closely related to transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE)-associated isolate Sphinx 1.76 were isolated from healthy cattle serum, cow milk, and serum and brain tissue from MS patients.

SUBMITTER: Whitley C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4148727 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature